- present participle of head.
heading
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The airport closed all runways and taxiways because of the incident and posted an update to its website Sunday evening that travelers should check directly with their airline before heading to the airport.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
In Terminal Control, the part of the building responsible for flights heading to or from airports in London and southern England, those same storm cells are being monitored continually.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The long weekend ahead is an early reprieve for some parents, students and teachers who are heading back to school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Yet Morgan Stanley analyst Sanjit Singh sees a “good setup” for the company heading into next week’s earnings report — for several reasons.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
He came crawling out of the brush on his stomach, heading straight for me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The writer, thanks to their ability to improve page rankings via keywords and section headings, will have created an article that looks like information but is really a thinly disguised advertisement.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
Some changes are as simple as removing numbered lines and leaving blank space under headings like “Sources of support.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The book ricochets back and forth in time, with such section headings as “Twelve Days Before the Robbery” and “Thirteen Years Earlier.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Most of these counterfeit documents, however, are easy to spot because they clearly diverge from official formatting - showing erroneous spacing and letter headings, or containing significant grammatical or spelling errors.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024
By the twenty-ninth day, Liyana’s papers had proper headings, and her navy blue uniform had lost its bright gleam, its sharp pleat.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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