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as in pointed
to go on a specified course or in a certain direction
she'll be heading out east in the fall to attend college
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as in led
to be at the front of
heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed
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as in supervised
to be in charge of
who headed the CIA when Ronald Reagan was president?
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as in aimed
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home
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as in commanded
to serve as leader of
Robert La Salle headed the expedition that claimed Louisiana for the French king
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as in decapitated
to cut off the head of
got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle
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Recent Examples of headed
Zach Charbonnet is done but Seattle should be able rely on the other side of its two-headed in Kenneth Walker III and control the clock from its two-tight end formations.
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
Fans will soon know which NFL teams are headed to Super Bowl LX.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Roz Café will be headed by Ahmad Altaany, who’s also behind Roz Grill in South Charlotte at The Arboretum.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
And what intrigues you about where Tim and Lucy are headed for the rest of the season?
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
Fans will soon know which NFL teams are headed to Super Bowl LX.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Roz Café will be headed by Ahmad Altaany, who’s also behind Roz Grill in South Charlotte at The Arboretum.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
And what intrigues you about where Tim and Lucy are headed for the rest of the season?
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headed
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The Canes have another edge prospect in Akheem Mesidor, who led the ACC with 12 1/2 sacks and added 17 1/2 tackles for loss during Miami’s run to the national championship game.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Daboll led New York to a playoff berth and was the AP NFL's Coach of the Year his debut season in 2022, but the Giants went 11-33 the rest of his tenure.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Though Busfield will be supervised by a pretrial services officer in Albuquerque, his travel will not be limited and he is required to report to that officer.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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Busfield will be supervised upon release by a pretrial service in Albuquerque, and can leave the state to live at home, the judge said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Police investigated, but the case went cold for five decades until DNA and genealogy recently led investigators to a suspect.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Maye went 7-of-10 for 48 yards and a touchdown, plus a strip sack, on quick throws.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Around the same time as the actions aimed at the five states, the administration put up hurdles to Minnesota for even more federal dollars.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Both parties have passed bills year after year aimed at spurring development, yet Colorado's housing market continues to be one of the most expensive in the country.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Yquem, which once belonged to Eleanor of Aquitaine and was for over 200 years under the control of the Lur-Saluces family (it was taken over in 1999 by LVMH), has always commanded the highest prices in the region, anywhere from $300-$400 for the newest vintage.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The individual eventually left the apartment, where officers tried to de-escalate the situation and commanded the person to drop the knife.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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With this regime change operation, the government of Venezuela has been decapitated.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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With Hamas decimated, Lebanon’s Hezbollah largely decapitated, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria toppled, and Shiite militias in Iraq avoiding conflict with Israel, the other members of Iran’s once powerful axis of resistance are severely weakened.—
April Longley Alley,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2025
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For everyone other than the Hoosiers and Hurricanes, the page had been turned along with the calendar.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The innocent girl turned jaded seductress, peeling off her sheer black lingerie to pose for the camera.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The itchy rash is accompanied by intense stinging, pain, and burning.—
Fara Rosenzweig,
Outside,
24 Jan. 2026
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The rib-poking voiceover, which might as well have been accompanied by talking-head interviews, repeatedly underlines the groundbreaking quality of public access in a way that suggests the audience might forget.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Headed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headed. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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