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masthead

[mast-hed, mahst-] / ˈmæstˌhɛd, ˈmɑst- /


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Outside the masthead of The Atlantic, no one better represents this political tendency better than James Carville.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

His impending exit was first reported by The Australian, and confirmed by the Sydney Morning Herald, a masthead owned by Nine.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

More than a year after he bought the Times, Soon-Shiong met with masthead editors, discussing the paper’s plans over Chinese takeout.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

The lowest name on her entertainment magazine’s masthead, Ariel hopes that writing about famous people will get some of their shine to bounce back on her.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

All twenty-three kids in Mr. Larson’s afternoon class had wanted their names in the masthead, and each had done something to help get the Guardian pulled together in record time.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

Open AI will be allowed to display content from News Corp. mastheads in response to user questions and to enhance its products.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2024

Some of these jobs have begun to go extinct, at least on official mastheads.

From Slate Apr. 12, 2023

He wrote: "Like other mastheads do every day, we simply asked questions and as standard practice included a deadline for a response."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2022

Both mastheads have been put on notice by the state’s chief prosecutor.

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2019

They were leaning on the rail together cigar in hand while the ship rolling her mastheads athwart the blue swung with an easy lurch over the long smooth heave of shining sea.

From The Dust of Conflict by Harold Bindloss

All the same though, the sails were all loosed in about a minute, it seemed, and the yards mastheaded.

From The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson

Tail on again, my hearties, and let us get this yard mastheaded, then our heavy work will be done for the present.

From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway

And in this stretch of ocean, lookouts were mastheaded at day-dawn and kept mastheaded until twilight of evening, when the Mary Turner was hove-to, to hold her position through the night. 

From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London

In a trice, it would seem, her three topsails were mastheaded and the foretopsail laid to the mast.

From Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes

Then came the order for the t'gallantsail, and by the time that was mastheaded, the skipper followed with orders for royals, fore and aft.

From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains




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