as in crania
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
Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Presented in vintage frames, Carmella’s pieces — which also included owls, skulls, lips and pipes — were sold in high-end retailers including Barneys New York and Louis Boston.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the inclusive division, an athlete with a physical or visual impairment is paired with an able-bodied rower in a 2,000-meter double skulls rowing race.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Crystal Skulls Mystery Gleaming quartz skulls in major museums were once touted as pre-Columbian artifacts with mystical powers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Also found in the house were human skulls; a lampshade made from human skin; more than a half-dozen masks made from the flesh of female faces; a wearable corset made from the skin of a female torso; and more.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
France returns 3 skulls to Madagascar One of them even belonged to royalty.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
With embroidery on the back of a big pot leaf, a yellow brick road leading to your high school, skulls, needles.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Gein upholstered chairs and a trash can with human skin and made bowls out of skulls.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Discoveries in brain science have shown us that our emotions, our angers and sympathies, even our personalities are controlled by chemicals within the three pounds of mushy mass in our skulls.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Presented in vintage frames, Carmella’s pieces — which also included owls, skulls, lips and pipes — were sold in high-end retailers including Barneys New York and Louis Boston.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the inclusive division, an athlete with a physical or visual impairment is paired with an able-bodied rower in a 2,000-meter double skulls rowing race.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Crystal Skulls Mystery Gleaming quartz skulls in major museums were once touted as pre-Columbian artifacts with mystical powers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Also found in the house were human skulls; a lampshade made from human skin; more than a half-dozen masks made from the flesh of female faces; a wearable corset made from the skin of a female torso; and more.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
France returns 3 skulls to Madagascar One of them even belonged to royalty.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
With embroidery on the back of a big pot leaf, a yellow brick road leading to your high school, skulls, needles.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Gein upholstered chairs and a trash can with human skin and made bowls out of skulls.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skulls
Noun
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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.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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His hat trick for Norway in a near upset of the United States at this year’s World Championships — against a roster full of NHL players — turned heads.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Meta has previously butted heads with Apple over policies related to the iPhone maker’s App Store, and Zuckerberg has previously criticized the iPhone maker’s App Store dominance.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Skulls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulls. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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