occiput

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Noun
  • Each of the three domes is covered in a translucent plastic membrane to protect it from the elements and is supported by a framework made from a different material.
    Adam Williams May 05, New Atlas, 5 May 2025
  • Use the dome light and flashers to make your vehicle more noticeable.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Giro, Bell, Smith, POC, and Kask are all reputable brands with a wide range of shapes to fit bulbous and diminutive noggins alike.
    Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The show also functions very much as a love letter to that devil’s playground called Times Square, where Betty finds characters that look like her but have even bigger noggins.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Expect classic Swiss mountain fare, including an array of sausages, sliced veal Zurich-style in a cream sauce with mushrooms, homemade pâtés, terrines pates, and beef tartare.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Big smile, twinkling eyes, shiny pate — the father-son resemblance is clear straight away.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.
    John Roach, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
  • Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.
    J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
Noun
  • Between 1995 and 2013, a skull and bone fragments washed ashore on the beaches of South Jersey, including in Longport, Margate and Ocean City.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 23 May 2025
  • The report does, however, include the detail that the ball that killed Felix must have been traveling at over 100 miles per hour to cause the skull fracture.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • All those wrinkles allow more surface area of the brain to fit in the cranium.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In the end, however, its characters were definitely locked up inside her cranium.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On set, Shepherd spilled the beans about her Everybody Love Raymond role.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 21 May 2025
  • Get The Recipe Smart Move Similar recipes with beans and peas existed before then, but a challenge made to a stubborn chef named Helen Corbitt spurred the creation of Texas caviar.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Her products—which include firming eye patches, a pigment-restoring scalp treatment for grey hairs, and an award-winning peptide serum—feature clean, sleek, neutral packaging.
    Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Using your fingers or a Gua Sha scalp comb, slowly work through your scalp in circular motions.
    Eman Bare, Vogue, 19 May 2025
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“Occiput.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occiput. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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