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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
The coverage will include Wednesday night double-headers, a dedicated pregame show and a postgame studio show.
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Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Woltemade has started two Premier League games on Tyneside and scored twice, both towering headers, which marks quite the introduction.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Smith had emphasized staying compact at halftime, knowing Charlotte’s defensive record was built on preventing crosses and free headers.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The other side features all the PWM fan headers and power controls.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Never rely solely on caller ID, email headers or video presence.
—Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Woltemade has started two Premier League games on Tyneside and scored twice, both towering headers, which marks quite the introduction.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Smith had emphasized staying compact at halftime, knowing Charlotte’s defensive record was built on preventing crosses and free headers.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
The other side features all the PWM fan headers and power controls.
—Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Never rely solely on caller ID, email headers or video presence.
—Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headers
Noun
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Region tournaments took place earlier this week, during which several Nashville area teams and individuals earned the right to defend their titles from a season ago.—
Jacob Shames,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Univision, the Spanish-language media giant, acquired The Root in 2015 and assembled a portfolio of online brands — only to scrap that strategy and sell the titles to Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm, in 2019.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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After a shake-up in the leadership of her controversial conservatorship, fans began to grow concerned for the musician who virtually disappeared from public life, but started frequently posting dancing videos to her Instagram, often with wild, semi-coherent captions.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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Keep your language simple, avoid jargon and use captions, ASL interpreters and visual aids.—
Elle Chan,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.—
Ran Ronen,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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City Councilmembers Scott Robbins, Keith Rodgers, David Jenkins and Cody Bass (who also made headlines Monday after authorities arrested him in connection to a verbal and physical assault in Nevada) all did not respond to a request for comment.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Oceanco also grabbed headlines by signing a contract with Lloyd’s Register during the show for the classification and certification of a 427-foot yacht, which will be the largest ever built the Dutch shipyard.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
7 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Headers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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