a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
when the disagreement between the two departments came to a head, the CEO called both managers in for a closed-door meeting
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
challenged us to put our heads together and find a solution to the skyrocketing costs of the company's health insurance plans
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
as head of the planning committee, he had the responsibility of appointing someone to look into the parking situation
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
rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface
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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Williams was previously head coach for the Phoenix Suns, compiling a 194-115 record in four seasons in Arizona and leading the franchise to the 2020-21 NBA Finals, where the team lost in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks.—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 20 June 2024 Samuel Leonard, the head deputy public defender overseeing juvenile cases in a number of L.A. County courthouses, said the department has yet to disclose the names of six of the officers involved in the Los Padrinos incident.—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for head
Between 1995 and 2013, a skull and bone fragments washed ashore on the beaches of South Jersey, including in Longport, Margate and Ocean City.
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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.
At Sequoia’s helm for over 25 years, Leone led several notable investments for the firm, including familiar names like Palantir, ServiceNow, Nubank, Medallia, Snowflake, Wiz and RingCentral.
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TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
The Republican Party, with Trump at its helm, will be hoping to make much political capital from the allegations.
Additional food items to celebrate her big day also included a cappuccino with a 2025 graduation cap design incorporated into the foam.
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Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Many of the gel foam layers are also designed to be cooling.
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Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.
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Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
Before Johnson and Eakins exchanged vows, Houser passed their wedding rings along the front row and asked that each person hold the rings and pray or give their blessings over them before passing them down to the next person in what's known as ring warming.
Since returning to office, Trump has moved with speed and severity to eliminate legal immigration pathways, particularly humanitarian protections for those who fled crises abroad.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 May 2025
Both sides of the political spectrum are using the term constitutional crisis.
The utility’s leaders defend the project and say the utility has spent $30 million across dozens of projects to offset the environmental impacts of the reservoir expansion, including stream restoration on the headwaters of the Colorado River.
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Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
Its main stem flows 2,350 miles from the headwaters at Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, touching 10 states and spreading out into many more with its tributaries.
Meanwhile, Bronze could be seen lying at the top of a blow-up slide before sliding down and joining his sister as dad Patrick helped from the sidelines with the activities while Brittany cheered them on.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Flip nectarines, and brush tops with reserved honey mixture.
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