as in recklessly
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Recent Examples of headfirst
Despite the issues with Burgin, Jackson has dived headfirst into being a working mom and found joy on the journey.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 May 2025
Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Echo Pro is made by Dutch startup headfirst.
—Ben Coxworth
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
She’s happily focused on her career, until another woman in her training cohort, Vanessa Ford, identifies something in Joan that Joan was wholly unaware of—and soon, the two fall headfirst for each other.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
My first time diving headfirst into the water to capture a python!
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 May 2025
Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Echo Pro is made by Dutch startup headfirst.
—Ben Coxworth
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
She’s happily focused on her career, until another woman in her training cohort, Vanessa Ford, identifies something in Joan that Joan was wholly unaware of—and soon, the two fall headfirst for each other.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
My first time diving headfirst into the water to capture a python!
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headfirst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
headlong
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Discounting any of the various potential paradoxes and possible multiversal implications of the deed, Jeb Bush leapt headlong into this hypothetical (take your pick) DeLorean, phone booth, Tardis, or Wellsian steampunk contraption with a knife in hand.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
8 June 2025
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The alternative — rushing headlong into AI deployment without adequate safeguards — risks not just individual corporate failure, but systemic damage to AI's long-term potential.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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