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Recent Examples of scalp
Lindsay Curtis, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Neutrogena Hair Restore Advanced Growth Scalp Serum Activate and nourish your scalp to revitalize visible hair density from the root.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
Nintendo prepared for the possibility of scalping ahead of the game console’s preorder period; buyers who wanted a unit directly from their stores could only purchase one system per account and had to meet specific requirements, including 50 hours of playtime on their Switch account.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, Wired News, 4 June 2025
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Noun
Yeast Overgrowth An overgrowth of Malassezia, a yeast that naturally lives on the scalp, can lead to dandruff.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
Neutrogena Hair Restore Advanced Growth Scalp Serum Activate and nourish your scalp to revitalize visible hair density from the root.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
The sky is instantly filled with flying arrows, falling victims right and left, as attackers on horseback and on foot zoom in and out frame, shooting, stabbing, scalping and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
Nintendo prepared for the possibility of scalping ahead of the game console’s preorder period; buyers who wanted a unit directly from their stores could only purchase one system per account and had to meet specific requirements, including 50 hours of playtime on their Switch account.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, Wired News, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalp
Noun
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Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The sale includes ghost, candy corn, spiderweb, skull, and bat icon glasses, and each set includes four glasses.—
Paige Bennett,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Leo Varadkar led Ireland and Humza Yousaf headed Scotland’s government.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The reconstructed cranium appeared large and long, with a broad and flat braincase, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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At one point, a character is forced to stand in front of an automatic football launcher and take a series of pigskins to the cranium, each of which is shot at him with increasing speed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Only Empress Eugénie’s imperial crown, with more than 1,300 diamonds, was recovered on the day of the robbery outside the museum.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the Caribbean, French admirals set their sights on the conquest of sugar islands like Jamaica—the diamonds in King George’s glittering imperial crown.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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All of the Rats get gruesomely beheaded by Leo Bonhart.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Later, Ciri watches helplessly as Bonhart beheads her.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The engines, flight profiles, and countermeasure requirements vary by design, but all shorten warning and decision timelines for defenders.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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This shift would aim to shorten lead times and reduce tariff uncertainty while maintaining the company’s certification standards for recycled and low-impact materials, Talbot said.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Timing Tips For Trimming And Pruning Spring-flowering trees and shrubs should be pruned immediately after blooming to encourage more blooms for reblooming plants or to avoid cutting off buds that have set for next year’s blooms.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Although these easy-care plants are relatively flexible about pruning, cutting daylilies back at the wrong time potentially makes your plants bloom less next season and causes other problems, too.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Scalp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalp. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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