Thesaurus results for HEADLINES

headlines

noun

plural of headline

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 I usually just glance at the headlines in the morning paper before dashing off to work

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Recent Examples of headlines The headlines ask what went wrong in a delivery room, emergency department, or postpartum ward, while far less attention is given to the years—sometimes decades—of inequity that made those outcomes more likely in the first place. —

Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 While lithium often dominates headlines, graphite is actually one of the largest components inside a lithium-ion battery by weight. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026 Demie does not deny that the work is emotionally and physically taxing, but her experience doesn’t match the headlines. —

Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026 The Pop Culture Quiz is your weekly test of what’s making headlines and breaking the Internet, from the Heartland to Hollywood. —

Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026 August 23 – September 22 Home needs and career goals share headlines. —

Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 30 May 2026 Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley's high-profile relationship dominated headlines when the duo got together in the early 2000s. —

Emma Banks, InStyle, 23 May 2026 Moore and her stylist Brad Goreski made headlines for her turns on the red carpet, yet I was most convinced by her in a Jacquemus dress with rainbow confetti that appeared as if the polka dots on her frock had jumped into the air at a photocall. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 May 2026 Inflation has been dominating the headlines. —

Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026

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The catalog runs to more than 400 Chinese-language, 200 English-language and 50 Korean titles spanning variety, reality and comedy.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 May 2026
The doubleheader loss also prevented Palomar from becoming only the fourth school in 44 years to win both the baseball and women’s softball titles in the same season.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026