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Definition of scalp

as in skull

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Noun

When her 9-year-old daughter’s hand quivered, a teenage cousin helped guide the clipper over her mother’s scalp. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 When her 9-year-old daughter's hand quivered, a teenage cousin helped guide the clipper over her mother’s scalp. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Verb

For people with fine or oily hair types, washing your hair only once a week may lead to scalp irritation and build-up. — Carley Millhone, Health, 25 May 2026 Robert Romanus, as Damone, would scalp Ozzy Osbourne tickets to his grandmother, and yet deftly treads the tightrope between cockiness and desperation. — Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scalp

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Create Your Menu Food must-haves for Dia de los Muertos include staples like tamales, corn, pan dulce, mole negro, sopa azteca, pan de muerto, and sugar skulls.

— Zayda Rivera, Parents, 29 Oct. 2026
Longoria wore her own take on traditional Calavera, or sugar skull, makeup and kept it simple, opting for a headpiece-style arrangement of embellishments.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of skull

Verb

His coronation signaled where the genre was headed—away from the pleading old-guard types and toward a more fluid, hardcore hip-hop hybrid.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Later in the day, Obama is headed to Detroit to campaign with Democrat Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed, who is embroiled in a tight campaign against GOP candidate Mike Rogers.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of head

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The 39 partial remains that will return to Nagaland by the end of this year include a warrior’s cranium, a woman’s skull, and a young person’s jaw, among others.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
In August 1983, workers in Prescott found a human cranium, a collection of non-human bones and a time capsule, Othram said.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of cranium

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He is said to have been martyred by flaying and beheading at the command of the Armenian king Astyages after Bartholomew converted the king’s brother.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Gonzalez testified that even comments about beheading Black people were intended as jokes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of behead

Noun

Physical description The oyamel fir is characterized by its straight gray trunk and narrow conical crown and typically grows between 40 and 60 meters (130–200 feet) tall.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Oviedo is looking for its fourth straight district crown under fifth-year coach Greg Odierno.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of crown

Verb

According to Ziata, washing arugula ahead of time will introduce unwanted moisture, which will increase the rate of spoilage or shorten the leafy green’s shelf life.

— Molly Allen, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2026
Nakase shortened her rotation after Game 3, while also swapping out multiple players in her starting lineup.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of shorten

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Caring for the earlier hybrid tea roses required a great deal of work, including fertilizing, pruning, getting rid of pests and diseases, and preparing them for winter.

— Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Trim new-wood types in late winter because pruning supports stronger, fuller blooms.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026

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