headings

plural of heading
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 the recipe for turkey gumbo is under the heading "stews" rather than under "soups"

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Recent Examples of headings 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 Breaking information into short sections with scannable headings may help keep candidates engaged longer, so try to focus on that approach instead. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Will my boss prefer serif or sans serif headings in this pitch deck? Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 On a radio channel typically reserved for crisp, professional callouts about altitude, headings and runway assignments, the animal impressions stood out — to put it mildly. Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026 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 Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect. JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025 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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Noun
  • That season also marked the first of his two career scoring titles.
    Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • People are bombarded with emails, text messages, X posts, Reddit threads, Instagram captions.
    Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Organizations should ensure digital content is accessible through screen reader compatibility, captions, alt text and plain language.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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

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“Headings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headings. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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