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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 headers
And four of New England’s six goals were off headers — which may be the first time in franchise history that has ever occurred.
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Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
Such double-headers are far from commonplace in English football, but are becoming more frequent.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Freshman Aymar Salgado scored two goals, both off headers, and Isabella Barrera and Jewel Orellana each notched a goal.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Oviedo took control of the match with two quick goals after halftime from Federico Vinas, who scored with headers in the 50th and 52nd minutes.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Double-headers featuring at least one and sometimes three teams of Philly’s best college basketball teams filled the place every night.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Glow-in-the-dark outsoles represent glowing engine headers, and the shoe’s color-shifting eggplant purple upper takes a page from custom car wraps.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
That includes usernames, passwords, card details, personal information, session cookies from HTTP headers and API tokens pulled directly from network requests.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Apple will continue streaming Friday night MLB double-headers through 2028.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
Such double-headers are far from commonplace in English football, but are becoming more frequent.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Freshman Aymar Salgado scored two goals, both off headers, and Isabella Barrera and Jewel Orellana each notched a goal.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Oviedo took control of the match with two quick goals after halftime from Federico Vinas, who scored with headers in the 50th and 52nd minutes.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Double-headers featuring at least one and sometimes three teams of Philly’s best college basketball teams filled the place every night.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Glow-in-the-dark outsoles represent glowing engine headers, and the shoe’s color-shifting eggplant purple upper takes a page from custom car wraps.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
That includes usernames, passwords, card details, personal information, session cookies from HTTP headers and API tokens pulled directly from network requests.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Apple will continue streaming Friday night MLB double-headers through 2028.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headers
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Velasquez did even better, stringing together nine straight winning seasons that included a program-record 33 wins in 2021-22, three of the program’s four regional titles and its lone sectional title in 2022-23.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Gators are the defending champion, trying to repeat their back-to-back titles from 2006-07.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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A lot of our consumption is, no doubt, quick and shallow — video captions, 140-character tweets, a 3-minute newsreel.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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The city has been providing AI captions on its YouTube videos of council meetings to accommodate its Latino residents, which make up more than half of the city’s population.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Simple formatting, recognizable headings, and standard section labels all carry weight in whether a resume is parsed correctly.—
K. H. Koehler,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Grande made headlines for her epic looks on the red carpet, donning a custom pink Schiaparelli gown.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The incident came a couple of weeks after the sport was in the headlines during the Olympics as the Canadian team was accused of cheating.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Headers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headers. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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