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skull

[skuhl] / skʌl /
NOUN
brain
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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But it also possesses long, continuously growing incisors and several distinctive skull features seen in zalambdalestoids, a group of small, shrew-like insectivore mammals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Specialists were able to identify Nancy's condition, which is caused by parts of the skull fusing together before birth, merely by visual observation and she was then offered reconstructive surgery on the NHS.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Creative director Seán McGirr brought the brand back to its roots, with a runway of devil horns, lace corsets and chainmail skull dresses.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Look one way and there was a Bitcoin-themed art gallery featuring a 6-foot skull made of motherboards; look the other, and there was a massive inflatable monkey wearing an orange crown.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

I run inside just to grab the sugar skull I made last night.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

She probably won’t smash quite as many skulls as Jack Reacher, but it looks like a decent action show that dads everywhere will enjoy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Yak skulls, tails and hair hang in a barn overseen by a furtive gray cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Wisdom teeth aren’t useless in principle, but they no longer fit comfortably within modern skulls.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

There is another possible precedent: moralizing portraits, the descendants of pictures of St. Jerome, that show their subjects holding or pointing to skulls, much as Revere has the teapot in his hand.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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