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Recent Examples of braincase
Believed to belong to a male, Skull 5 also has the smallest braincase of the five individuals.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
Xuchang 2, while not as large, appears to have had a modern size braincase as well.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
In all, the researchers found the braincase, several vertebrae, teeth, claws and part of a jaw, which was enough to identify the find as a new species.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
More than 3 million years ago, the braincase of Australopithecus afarensis, likely the first fully bipedal hominin, was only slightly larger than a chimpanzee’s.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2020
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
Xuchang 2, while not as large, appears to have had a modern size braincase as well.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2017
In all, the researchers found the braincase, several vertebrae, teeth, claws and part of a jaw, which was enough to identify the find as a new species.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
More than 3 million years ago, the braincase of Australopithecus afarensis, likely the first fully bipedal hominin, was only slightly larger than a chimpanzee’s.
—Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for braincase
Noun
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Ear movement is controlled by the auricular muscles—three muscles that connect the outer ear (or ‘auricle’) to the skull and scalp.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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After the flight landed, the officers asked to see the sea turtle's skull.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cranium was similar to two unusually large skulls found in Xuchang County in Henan province between 2007 and 2014, which had a 1,800-cubic-centimeter (110-cubic-inch) capacity.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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That's where Joseph Keil found a skeleton in a sarcophagus filled with water, but for some reason, Keil only removed the cranium from the tomb before sealing it back up.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But Anunoby remembering a steal or a knee to the noggin is not unusual, even if the play in question was more than 40 games ago.—
Fred Katz,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Today, brain rot reflects a worry that consuming the internet's endless waves of memes and video clips, especially on social media, might numb one's noggin.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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More:Downtown Detroit restaurant PAO made People magazine's 50 most beautiful list Filet mignon and panna cotta During the evening, Prime + Proper's staff waited on the kids, offering shared appetizers of salmon pate, dry-aged steak tartare and heirloom tomato.—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
14 May 2024
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To be precise: bison liver pate with sweet onion jam on a puffed garlic chip.—
Miguel Otárola,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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Independents tip the balance, with 50% giving him the thumbs down and only of 43% approving of his performance during his first month back in the White House, according to the new Quinnipiac University poll.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Editors’ Picks There was also a 30-point jump in Republican approval of Congress from the last Gallup survey of the Obama administration in January 2017 to the first poll of the Trump administration that year.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Braincase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braincase. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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