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Plural of headline

regular plural

The plural of headline is headlines.

Forms of headline

Singularheadline /ˈhɛd.laɪn/
Pluralheadlines
Countablecountable

Headlines in a sentence

  • From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76
  • The boy who saved a stranger wasn't out to make headlines: he was just being a Good Samaritan.From the entry out to
  • Zack is a keen cutter and paster; he likes grabbing headlines from political and entertainment sites and posting them on his page.From the entry cutter and paster
  • The so-called Triangle of Death has been making headlines thanks to viral TikToks.2026 January 21, “Popping Pimples in the 'Triangle of Death'”, in Henry Ford Health, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026. From the entry triangle of death
  • The PM hit the headlines again for taking short-distance air travel rather than rail.2023 June 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: One year on: rail strikes still at a stalemate”, in RAIL, number 985, page 11. From the entry short-distance

Meaning of headline

  1. noun Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard.
  2. noun A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel.
  3. noun A rope tied to the head of an animal.

Full definition of headline

Questions about the plural of headline

What is the plural of headline?
The plural of headline is headlines.
Is headline countable?
Headline is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headline (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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