heading 1 of 2

as in title
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 the recipe for turkey gumbo is under the heading "stews" rather than under "soups"

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heading

2 of 2

verb

present participle of head
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as in leading
to be at the front of heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed

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as in going
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the road to riches headed north, thought many, as off they went to Alaska to try their luck at panning gold

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as in decapitating
to cut off the head of got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle

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Recent Examples of heading
Noun
The helmsman, feeling swells beneath the vessel, gleans the proper heading, even in the dark. The Conversation, 14 May 2025 Chelsea handled Flamengo, top of Brazil’s Serie A heading into the Club World Cup, reasonably impressively for 45 minutes. Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 June 2025 Demopoulos was riding a two-fight losing skid heading in UFC Atlanta. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025 At the top of the website are eight headings — theatre and dance, music, film, visual art, literary, museum, family and festivals. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for heading
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Noun
  • Legacy job titles and career paths are swiftly entering extinction, and will be entirely obsolete by 2030.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • God Will Not Help was among 17 titles announced on Tuesday as having been selected for Locarno’s International Competition alongside pictures such as Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest, Radu Jude’s Dracula and Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Ward finished his third and final college season at the University of Miami, leading the Hurricanes to a 10-3 record while throwing for 4,313 yards with 39 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
  • They’ve also been accused of taunting Alex for two days in a row, leading him to cover his ears and rock back and forth in anxiety.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Roles will increasingly revolve around supervising, collaborating with, or augmenting the capabilities of AI agents.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Rick Morales is supervising producer.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Johnson wrote in a caption under images from their adventures, which included catching sunsets and boat riding.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 July 2025
  • Vega later updated the caption of the post to share the happy news that the dog had been adopted.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • There are genuine questions of fairness about altering the schedule in favour of Champions League teams — particularly in England where there are four sides competing for three top positions — but actively making things harder is something that should be moved away from.
    Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Homan said Monday that sanctuary policies in Boston and Massachusetts were making communities less safe, because of the disconnect between local and federal agencies.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on X, formerly Twitter, that all relevant forces in southern Lebanon and the monitoring committee and army overseeing the November truce should work to stop violations that could threaten his country.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Zhu, 44, established his importance to the company by overseeing the construction and operation of its Shanghai plant that’s become vital to Tesla’s profitability since 2020.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • What matters is that Dan Hurley’s team won, extending its tournament winning streak to 13 games — and, most importantly, keeping alive its dream of a three-peat.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • By extending the narrative beyond the confines of a talent agency’s office, the series aims to be both a celebration of Madrid’s cultural scene and a reflection of the industry’s inner workings.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But ather than casting someone else to play her child self, the film shows the adult Josephine dancing in the living room, in a mode that recalls Michel Gondry’s work in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
    James Factora, Them., 31 Mar. 2025
  • But something began to go wrong with some of these LED arrays beginning around 2021, when the first reports appeared of previously white streetlights suddenly casting first lavender, then violet and finally plum-colored light.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Heading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heading. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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