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skull

[skuhl] / skʌl /
NOUN
brain
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Roberto Carlos carefully carves a skull adorned with an elegant hat into a wad of deep purple paper 50 sheets deep.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The fossil consists of part of the rear of the dinosaur's skull.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

On tabletops with less abstract design, such as one with a skull depicted, differences in glazing and firing mean there are variations in the hue and colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Her head could only grow forwards and backwards, it wasn't circular like a brain, so they put part of the skull at the side to make her a more normal-shaped head," explains Bethany.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Now Dr. Damasio has Phineas's skull on a computer screen.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

A key piece of that evidence is a study published in 2022 of very early Neanderthal skulls from northern Spain at an archaeological site called "the Pit of Bones".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Of wearing their skins and skulls and fangs; unkempt, bearded, and reeking of decay; a derelict hull.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner


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