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a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize why does each column have a header except the last one?

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Recent Examples of header Vicario saves Luke Shaw’s header in the 96th minute and time is running out. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 May 2025 New England almost opened the scoring in the 27th minute, as defender Brandon Bye glanced a header off a corner kick right at Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady. Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025 Formula 1 heads to Imola this weekend for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and the first leg of the European triple header from May 16-18. Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Optimize the header and description Your LinkedIn company page banner image should communicate your value proposition instantly. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for header
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Noun
  • Following his time at Boise State, Petersen coached the Washington Huskies from 2014 to 2019, guiding them to two Pac-12 titles and a berth in the 2016 College Football Playoff.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 June 2025
  • Youssef jokes to Schwartzman about the estate’s title.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Your social captions need to grab attention in less than three seconds.
    Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • In cases where an American CEO on a Zoom call may rely on closed captions on Zoom to understand a Romanian client, Akool Live Camera simplifies things for everyone.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The ledger had German headings: Name des Häftlings, Tag des Todes, Lager, Art des Todes, Name des Postens: name of prisoner, day of death, camp, manner of death, name of guard.
    Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • Of the position groups on the roster, the secondary feels the most open-ended heading into OTAs.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The changes made national headlines and drew negative attention, and tweets from the president.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 3 June 2025
  • The episode demonstrated how local actions by Jewish Washingtonians could create national headlines.
    Time, Time, 3 June 2025

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“Header.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/header. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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