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noun

ˈskəl

as in cranium

the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert

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Noun

Batten was rushed into emergency brain surgery, undergoing a craniotomy where part of the skull is removed to relieve pressure from swelling. —

Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 This ode to the United States’ national mammal includes the six-foot skull of an ancient bison ancestor, an immersive soundscape, multimedia elements and Native objects. —

Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 15 May 2026

Verb

The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it. —

Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019 This leaves one big question: Why were people drilling into one another’s skulls 5,000 years ago in the first place? —

Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2018 See All Example Sentences for skull

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Sometimes that’s because a stray thought so often crashes the party that is the presidential cranium, kicks over the keg and makes for the nearest exit.

— Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
These included a molar and humerus shaft from NgLj-3; two molars, a premolar, and a temporal cranium bone from NgLj-2; and a sample taken from a left humerus found in 2018 at NgLj-1.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026