: a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image (as during a news broadcast)
I sometimes fantasize about spending the rest of my life studying them. CNN and Fox News would then have me on whenever there was a major hummingbird story. The chyron would identify me as "Christopher Buckley—Hummingbird Authority."—
Christopher Buckley
Christopher BuckleyExamples of chyron in a Sentence
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While Fox News is typically highly critical of the Biden administration, the chyron was considered shocking and was widely criticized on social media.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
The month’s ordinary soundtrack — whispers gathering, phones pinging, the machine that produces vivid chyrons for breathless television broadcasts whirring to life — might have been muted, but that does not mean there has been nothing to hear.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Over the next week, a relentless cable news-like chyron of must-dos and questions scrolled in my mind: Send out that book proposal.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
The chyron read: Twentieth Anniversary of Wén Rui Incident Commemorated in San Diego.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
On-screen graphic altered Connor Smith, a Fox News spokesperson, told USA TODAY in an email that the network did not air the chyron featured in the Instagram post.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
Lyles particularly loved the story his mother told him about a family acquaintance who was watching television in August when a chyron flashed across the screen notifying viewers Lyles had won his third consecutive world championship in the 200.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
The network displayed a different chyron during its coverage of the shooting.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
For Trump, the fear-and-anger script has never varied, even if the specific objects of his demonization come and go as quickly as the chyrons on Fox News.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
The month’s ordinary soundtrack — whispers gathering, phones pinging, the machine that produces vivid chyrons for breathless television broadcasts whirring to life — might have been muted, but that does not mean there has been nothing to hear.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Over the next week, a relentless cable news-like chyron of must-dos and questions scrolled in my mind: Send out that book proposal.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
The chyron read: Twentieth Anniversary of Wén Rui Incident Commemorated in San Diego.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
On-screen graphic altered Connor Smith, a Fox News spokesperson, told USA TODAY in an email that the network did not air the chyron featured in the Instagram post.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
Lyles particularly loved the story his mother told him about a family acquaintance who was watching television in August when a chyron flashed across the screen notifying viewers Lyles had won his third consecutive world championship in the 200.
—Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
The network displayed a different chyron during its coverage of the shooting.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
For Trump, the fear-and-anger script has never varied, even if the specific objects of his demonization come and go as quickly as the chyrons on Fox News.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
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“Chyron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chyron. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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