as in recklessly
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Recent Examples of headfirst
When an online influencer offers a sense of clarity, Roger dives headfirst into a digital echo chamber in search of meaning and validation.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 13 June 2025
Eager to get involved, Hartman dove headfirst into college life and communications at CSUF.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Despite the allure of cost-savings, traditional studios haven’t exactly dived headfirst into the AI revolution.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Other tips include never swimming alone, always asking for permission before entering the water and never diving into unknown bodies of water headfirst.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 13 June 2025
Eager to get involved, Hartman dove headfirst into college life and communications at CSUF.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Despite the allure of cost-savings, traditional studios haven’t exactly dived headfirst into the AI revolution.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Other tips include never swimming alone, always asking for permission before entering the water and never diving into unknown bodies of water headfirst.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for headfirst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
headlong
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The team should have declined, should have been more deliberate about its approach to the horses, the scrumming together, the picking up of the dummy goat, but instead the guys flew into action like true American cowboys: headlong and about to get hurt.—
Will Grant,
Outside Online,
11 June 2025
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Discounting any of the various potential paradoxes and possible multiversal implications of the deed, Jeb Bush leapt headlong into this hypothetical (take your pick) DeLorean, phone booth, Tardis, or Wellsian steampunk contraption with a knife in hand.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
8 June 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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