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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
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Recent Examples of header
McVey punched a header past goalkeeper Thomas Gillier off of the Dreyer assist.
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
But no one marked the 6-foot-1 Yeboah, who powered a header past a helpless Brad Stuver.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
However, no matter the additions and combinations, Sporting San Miguelito’s opening goal looked a lot like last year’s issues, with an unmarked attacker getting a free header on goal.
—Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
That buzz showed through quadruple-headers on Saturday and Sunday in the 30th edition’s first two days.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
But no one marked the 6-foot-1 Yeboah, who powered a header past a helpless Brad Stuver.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
However, no matter the additions and combinations, Sporting San Miguelito’s opening goal looked a lot like last year’s issues, with an unmarked attacker getting a free header on goal.
—Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
That buzz showed through quadruple-headers on Saturday and Sunday in the 30th edition’s first two days.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for header
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But despite speculation in South Korea about her potential grooming as a successor, no new official titles were announced as the once-in-five-years ruling party congress wrapped.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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In their new lawsuit, Mamás de DPS accuses the district of using a nonprofit called Denver School Facilities Leasing Corporation to obtain titles and mortgages for 33 school buildings.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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His videos pull in tight on his face to underline an expression and deploy strange fonts so that an Instagram Reel’s usually soulless captions instead help to bolster and magnify his material.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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All of the information about this reward is in the caption below.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Galaxy’s away goal in the first leg gave them the tiebreaker heading into Wednesday’s second leg.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Winter weather possible early next week in Maryland Our weather turns very active heading into next week.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Rahman made headlines in January this year after a video of federal agents forcibly removing her from her car amid an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis went viral.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Florida first lady Casey DeSantis made national headlines this month for her health initiative’s discovery of trace amounts of the weed killer glyphosate in popular supermarket breads.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Header.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/header. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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