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
Simple formatting, recognizable headings, and standard section labels all carry weight in whether a resume is parsed correctly.
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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
The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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
The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headings
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Fritz believes his work ethic will still create opportunities for major titles.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Johnson has coached the Bobcats for six seasons, taking over for former head coach Danny Kaspar before the 2020-21 season and guiding them to back-to-back regular-season Sun Belt titles.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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The city has been providing AI captions on its YouTube videos of council meetings to accommodate its Latino residents, which make up more than half of the city’s population.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The video itself included additional captions, reading ‘An interesting free-kick from Vicario’ along with a laughing emoji, before the word ‘whoops’ and another laughing emoji, as the video cut to Spurs’ head coach Igor Tudor on the touchline.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Napheesa Collier was well-known to WNBA fans before last season, but her exit interview following the 2025 campaign made headlines across the sports world.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Weather headlines this week CBS Philadelphia Tuesday starts with fog and turns sunny, but Wednesday clouds will increase ahead of a strong cold front to the west.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Headings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headings. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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