as in titles
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
the recipe for turkey gumbo is under the heading "stews" rather than under "soups"
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Recent Examples of headings
Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect.
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JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
By using standard resume headings, maintaining consistent structure and formatting throughout, and using spelling or grammar checkers to ensure that content is written correctly, applicants tend to stand out to AI.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
The Ocean Exploration Trust maintains a livestream of the expedition, including the depths and headings of the ROV Little Hercules and ROV (Towsled) Atalanta.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
By using standard resume headings, maintaining consistent structure and formatting throughout, and using spelling or grammar checkers to ensure that content is written correctly, applicants tend to stand out to AI.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headings
Noun
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Masego, a fan of anime titles including Howl’s Moving Castle, Solo Leveling and My Hero Academia, said he has always been inspired by the story arcs of the genre.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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And even though those consequences are, in the grand scheme of things, nothing as big as what their conduct might demand, the fact that Andrew had to give up his royal titles and honors is more than a lot of people expected.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The captions made the experience even more surreal.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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After a shake-up in the leadership of her controversial conservatorship, fans began to grow concerned for the musician who virtually disappeared from public life, but started frequently posting dancing videos to her Instagram, often with wild, semi-coherent captions.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lo and behold, the headlines kept supporting it up until literally today.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Headings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headings. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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