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Recent Examples of scalp
Malia Griggs, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2025
Use a pea-size amount of braiding gel to define the segment, making the part on your scalp appear crisper.
Step 3: Smooth a pea-size amount of twisting cream or gel along the entire small section.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
Enrique Krauze, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Refrain from scalping your lawn in winter to keep the natural protective layer in place.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Its formula also includes strengthening plant proteins and ceramides that protect your scalp’s barrier.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2025
Use a pea-size amount of braiding gel to define the segment, making the part on your scalp appear crisper.
Step 3: Smooth a pea-size amount of twisting cream or gel along the entire small section.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
Nearly thirty Mexicans lay butchered on the floor, most of them scalped.
—Enrique Krauze, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Refrain from scalping your lawn in winter to keep the natural protective layer in place.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalp
Noun
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The serial killer's murder spree came to an end in 1994 when his 13-year-old son found a human skull and a pile of bones in the woods around Fox Hollow Farm.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Bodies were split apart, skulls crushed, limbs torn off.—
Brad Wolf,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Stocks were heading for a higher open after yesterday’s up-and-down trading saw the S & P 500 and Nasdaq close slightly higher and break their four-session losing streaks.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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That some of the nation’s top health officials have decided to head for the exit may only make matters worse.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
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
Verb
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Lynne Ladner, the town manager of Ocean Ridge, told CBS affiliate WPEC that the man was pulled into the wood chipper up to his shoulders and was decapitated.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025
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She was born in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of a man with schizophrenia who, in 1983, decapitated a 76-year-old woman.—
Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Aaron Esposito Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Oilers haven’t won a division championship since the 1987 Smythe division crown, and there’s plenty of pressure to win the division and get a good playoff seeding.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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With her latest crown, which recognizes the top artist across physical sales, downloads and streaming, Swift is the outright No. 1 recording artist on the planet.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
17 Aug. 2024
Verb
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The Trump administration's cuts to health research will shorten life expectancy and threaten the lives of all Americans, according to university union leaders and scientists.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Your team can shorten sales cycles and accelerate time to revenue by consolidating information across documents and applications—ensuring that everyone has access to accurate, real-time data.—
Rena Fallstrom,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Not all hollies tolerate such severe pruning well, so make sure to check if your type of holly can be pruned this way before attempting it.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2025
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Mature shrubs that have not been severely pruned will often bloom in February.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Scalp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalp. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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