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skull

[skuhl] / skʌl /
NOUN
brain
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Treatment usually involves skull reshaping surgery, which takes place within the first months of life.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

She sprang from Zeus’ skull fully formed; her embryonic development reduced to a male deity’s headache.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

Miss Yodle, the family’s uptight neighbor, styles her hair “in tight little braids twisted around her skull, giving her head the air of a victim.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Before surgery, Amabile shared that he would undergo a craniotomy, a surgery in which a neurosurgeon temporarily removes a piece of the skull to reach the brain and remove the tumor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Horns twist from its forehead and curve around its skull.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

The princesses' skulls, for example, were lost during the early 1900s.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Even in my fire company, where we are dedicated to preventing loss of life, skulls are on practically every T-shirt, bumper sticker, and key chain.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

“Vu zenen zey gegangen?” says one of the skulls, and I think how strange it is that an SS hat would speak Yiddish.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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