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Recent Examples of cranium
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.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
This indicates that the bones were gathered over multiple generations—perhaps six to eight—before being placed in the heap at the possible rate, on average, of one cranium every decade or so.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Once Cohen settled, the team descended like a Nascar pit crew to take his measurements: radius of cranium, distance between eyes, width of nostrils.
—Zach Zimmerman, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
At last report, Paul Finebaum’s cranium was flying past Saturn and heading for Uranus.
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 30 July 2024
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“Cranium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranium. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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