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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
Some might have expected Declan Rice alone to win those headers or harass the opposition in that manner, but the partnership between these two is about more than just Zubimendi allowing the England midfielder to burst into goalscoring areas.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Jan. 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
Four-pin headers on the back of the motherboard handle SATA power if such drives are required.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
The coverage will include Wednesday night double-headers, a dedicated pregame show and a postgame studio show.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 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
Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Jan. 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
Four-pin headers on the back of the motherboard handle SATA power if such drives are required.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
The coverage will include Wednesday night double-headers, a dedicated pregame show and a postgame studio show.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 30 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headers
Noun
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The first two have won 25 national titles between them.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—who lost all of his royal titles and privileges in October in a groundbreaking decision by his older brother, King Charles—has been completely shut out of royal life.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Littlehands is the cookbook author’s longtime nickname for the teen and typically how the celebrity chef refers to her in Instagram captions.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
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But none of the photos had captions and was no explanation given for why any of them were together.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
20 Dec. 2025
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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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Advertisement Until now, the goal of the Danish government has been to keep Greenland out of the headlines; to wait it out and keep a cool head.—
Mujtaba Rahman,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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He's already made headlines in the first few days on air.—
Sean Mandell,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Headers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headers. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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