Definition of headernext
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a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize why does each column have a header except the last one?

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Recent Examples of header Lukas MacNaughton scored on a diving header in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time and Roman Burki had five saves. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 On August 4, 2026, a federal appeals court issued the first federal appellate ruling on an AI agent, and the dispute turned on an HTTP header. — Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The most crucial stop came in the 62nd minute, when Greenville’s Louis Herrera delivered a dangerous header from the edge of the 6-yard box. — Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for header
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Noun
  • Here are the best, smartest and most revolutionary titles the genre created.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But a decade has passed since then, during which time various individuals who didn’t release Blood on the Tracks — or any album at all — have cycled through to claim the title.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The caption accompanied an aerial image of the group as seen on KTLA.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Hopkins stays red-hot in front of goal Haley Hopkins is red-hot heading into the playoffs.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the navigation system will provide essential flight information, including the aircraft’s orientation, heading and position.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But beyond just the legal battles and headlines, speakers on Sunday also focused on the more personal impact for people one year later.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • China's trade data Over in Asia, China’s economy produced a better-than-expected headline figure — but the details were less uniformly encouraging.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Header.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/header. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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