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
Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
CocoAndré sells Dubai chocolate bars, truffles in the shape of cowboy boots and sugar skulls and Horchata lattes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
The trail of marigold petals leads to an ofrenda, an altar covered with even more flowers, colorful cloth, fruit, candy skulls and photos of Ángel and other relatives.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Sometimes monkeys undergo additional surgeries in which steel posts are implanted into their skulls, preventing their heads from moving during tests.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The skulls are often depicted with smiles and bright colors as to laugh at death itself.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Lori Spucces was at a booth decorating sugar skulls with 6-year-old Cora Spucces.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Other figures include handmade chess sets, religious figurines like the Virgin of Guadalupe and skulls made to resemble calaveras, or sugar skulls, which are a symbol tied to Day of the Dead.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
And there are more gameplay modifiers (known as skulls in the Halo universe) than ever before, which allow players to add some extra difficulty and chaos to their sessions.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
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The bureau also worked with an osteologist to take noninvasive measurements of the skulls to help identify their origins and return them for proper reburial ceremonies.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
CocoAndré sells Dubai chocolate bars, truffles in the shape of cowboy boots and sugar skulls and Horchata lattes.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
The trail of marigold petals leads to an ofrenda, an altar covered with even more flowers, colorful cloth, fruit, candy skulls and photos of Ángel and other relatives.
—Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Sometimes monkeys undergo additional surgeries in which steel posts are implanted into their skulls, preventing their heads from moving during tests.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
The skulls are often depicted with smiles and bright colors as to laugh at death itself.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
Lori Spucces was at a booth decorating sugar skulls with 6-year-old Cora Spucces.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Other figures include handmade chess sets, religious figurines like the Virgin of Guadalupe and skulls made to resemble calaveras, or sugar skulls, which are a symbol tied to Day of the Dead.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
And there are more gameplay modifiers (known as skulls in the Halo universe) than ever before, which allow players to add some extra difficulty and chaos to their sessions.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skulls
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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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That show aired in 2019, however, three years prior to Gunn and Safran’s appointment as the heads of DC’s film and TV business.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Our production assistants, Ava Megna and Sylvia Lovegren, along with the agent Harry Ufland, had arranged a screening at MGM for the heads of the Cannes Film Festival.—
Robbie Robertson,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Skulls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulls. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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