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  1. head and shouldersadjective

    To a considerable degree; better; outstanding

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  1. Head and Shoulders

    "Head and Shoulders" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald written and published in 1920. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post, with the help of Fitzgerald's agent, Harold Ober. It later appeared in his short story collection Flappers and Philosophers. It tells the story of a young prodigy at Yale who falls for a spirited dancer in spite of himself.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of head and shoulders in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of head and shoulders in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of head and shoulders in a Sentence

  1. Mike Lee:

    I don't know everyone on the list, but those I do know would all be great Supreme Court Justices. Of course, I do believe one name on that list stands head and shoulders above the rest.

  2. Tommy Chong:

    There is one candidate who stands head and shoulders above them all who has weathered many storms and is totally ready to be the commander in chief, or the commander in kush, as I like to say.

  3. Bernard Uechtritz:

    It stands head and shoulders above everything else as it is head and shoulders above everything else, it's truly a one of a kind. Where can you go with half-a-million acres under one fence with oil, cattle, natural resources and intellectual property ? Nowhere, it's just not out there. Uechtritz, who has sold everything from cattle stations in his native Australia to celebrity pads in Beverly Hills, explained that he had turned down a number of eye-watering bids.

  4. Al Baker:

    If Airbus produces a (plane) which is head and shoulders above what they produce today – we would look at them for replacements.

  5. Al Baker:

    If Airbus produces a (plane) which is head and shoulders above what they produce today - we would look at them for replacements.


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  • الرأس والكتفينArabic

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