as in craniums
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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Recent Examples of skulls
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
Breakfast browse Twins Mercy and Goodness were born with their skulls fused together.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
The shop provided a third space for a small but tight-knit community that the Joneses stumbled into after selling figurines of dragons, skulls, mythical creatures at the Youth Fair and Redlands flea market.
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Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The largest eastern elk would have weighed up to a thousand pounds, and a stomp or kick from that powerful animal was fatal; the skulls of dogs and wolves would be crushed.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Instead, the skulls appeared to be removed skillfully from the bodies after death.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
While building the institution, architects discovered that buried under it was one of the largest and best preserved tzompantli, or wooden rack, displaying over 650 human skulls thought to have been sacrificed in the 15th century, during Aztec rule.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Decadent art, with its mannerism, also its enthusiasm for skulls, swords, strippers, and other Hot Topic motifs, is for some art historians an embarrassing cul-de-sac best passed over in favor of a narrative of formal progress leading inevitably to abstraction.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Noun
Embolomers looked like a cross between a crocodile and an eel, with large skulls full of sharp teeth, followed by long, eel-like bodies.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2026
Breakfast browse Twins Mercy and Goodness were born with their skulls fused together.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
The shop provided a third space for a small but tight-knit community that the Joneses stumbled into after selling figurines of dragons, skulls, mythical creatures at the Youth Fair and Redlands flea market.
—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
The largest eastern elk would have weighed up to a thousand pounds, and a stomp or kick from that powerful animal was fatal; the skulls of dogs and wolves would be crushed.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Instead, the skulls appeared to be removed skillfully from the bodies after death.
—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
While building the institution, architects discovered that buried under it was one of the largest and best preserved tzompantli, or wooden rack, displaying over 650 human skulls thought to have been sacrificed in the 15th century, during Aztec rule.
—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 May 2026
There such subtexts of skeletons, skulls, blood, aging, injury, anatomy and mortality can be found.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Decadent art, with its mannerism, also its enthusiasm for skulls, swords, strippers, and other Hot Topic motifs, is for some art historians an embarrassing cul-de-sac best passed over in favor of a narrative of formal progress leading inevitably to abstraction.
—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skulls
Noun
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The other two craniums were found in 1990.
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Of course, something similar typified our evolution, too, which can all too easily be cast as the blossoming forth of ever-plumper craniums.
Verb
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The midfielder spears an accurate long ball to Yildiz, setting him away into the box.
Noun
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The proposal, covering more than 160 commercial parcels and nearly $7 million in services over five years, heads to City Hall as residents demand clarity on who will benefit.
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Shower heads, curtains, and liners should be cleaned every month or two, depending on how often your shower is used.
Verb
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That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition.
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Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens.
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“Skulls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulls. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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