header

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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 His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout. Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025 Naturally, there is a high degree of unpredictability that comes with winning second balls, given the uncertainty of where the football will land from the preceding header. Mark Carey, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025 Implement email content inspection that analyzes organization fields and metadata and check return-path headers. Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 There may be extra spaces, double spaces after a period or headers that aren't in the correct format (for example, title case rather than sentence case). Peter Boyd, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for header
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Noun
  • The Florida Panthers will officially begin their Stanley Cup playoff run — and their chance to win back-to-back titles — on the road.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
  • And now that momentum will need to be carried on by another title or this massive patch.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Pratt wrote in a caption to his post, celebrating Angie's milestone.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Just based on the color scheme, the person on the left is almost certainly either Milly Alcock dressed as Supergirl or her stunt double (the video caption identifies her as the latter).
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • According to one Senate Republican, the mood of the GOP conference on the topic was anything but over-joyous heading into Wednesday’s big announcement.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The order does not explicitly call out PII or genetic information under that heading.
    Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Daniel made national headlines when Trump acknowledged him during his joint address to Congress on March 4 and deemed him an honorary Secret Service agent.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • How kids get left in hot cars The news that a child has perished in a hot car usually sends shockwaves through the local community and can make national headlines.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Header.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/header. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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