headers

noun

plural of header
as in titles
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 kit comes with every part of the frame, from floor joists to top and bottom wall plates, studs, roof trusses, headers and sills for doors and windows, and columns to support the porch. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 8 July 2026 Mpasi made three stunning saves in the first half, two to deny Bellingham from close-range headers. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Haaland was mostly quiet against Ivory Coast, with Les Elephants doing a superb job of limiting his touches aside from two non-threatening headers in the first half. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026 Improving search engine visibility means considering your content structure, optimizing your pages for easy online reading and clarity, and ensuring your most important content is referenced in your headers and metadata. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026 In contrast to Ronaldo and Brazil’s struggles, France rode the wave of home support, with its linchpin Zinedine Zidane scoring twice from headers in the first half and Emmanuel Petit adding a third goal in stoppage time. — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026 The Netherlands struck first when legendary defender Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring with one of his trademark headers. — Bryan Preston, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 In qualifying, the two-time runners-up (as Czechoslovakia, in 1934 and 1962) scored more set-piece goals — seven of them headers — than any other European team. — David Hickey, NBC news, 11 June 2026 Itten twice came close with headers that sailed just over the bar, but Australia survived. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
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  1. titles
  2. captions
  3. headings
  4. headlines
Noun
  • The Heat has also made seven NBA Finals appearances and 10 Eastern Conference Finals appearances, won 16 division titles, and advanced to the playoffs 23 times.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Early awards buzz is already building around several of the titles, which has screened for festival programmers.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 July 2026
Definition of titles
Noun
  • In the closed captions for the trailer, his character is identified as Pierce.
    — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • In true influencer form, tons of small clips are edited together and overlaid with bouncy captions.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of captions
Noun
  • Make Content Easier To Navigate One simple step is making content easy to navigate with clear headings, short sections and descriptive links.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
Definition of headings
Noun
  • These much larger centers have begun sprouting up across the nation and making headlines for sucking up communities’ water, spiking power bills and causing other environmental issues.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • Sure enough, the public fight made headlines — so the next day, Riley gets a FaceTime call from her mother, Kandi.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of headlines

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“Headers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headers. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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