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as in translation
an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school
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as in title
a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize
the textbook features cleverly worded captions to capture the reader's attention
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Recent Examples of caption
PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
His captions for the photos claimed that the women had connections to terrorism and mentioned crimes such as incitement and hate speech committed after the events of October 7.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Bush Hager captioned the photo, referring to her father as Jefe — the moniker her kids gave the former president.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Premiere can then automatically translate the captions into 27 international languages and display multiple language tracks at once.
—PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
His captions for the photos claimed that the women had connections to terrorism and mentioned crimes such as incitement and hate speech committed after the events of October 7.
—Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 6 May 2025
Verb
Brinkley, whose memoir will be released April 29, captioned the post.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Bush Hager captioned the photo, referring to her father as Jefe — the moniker her kids gave the former president.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caption
Noun
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The Pitfalls Of A One-Size-Fits-All Summer Strategy Too often, brands default to translation instead of transformation, applying a language filter rather than a cultural lens.—
Aldo Quevedo,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Some very efficient exhibition design makes this secret taxonomy at the very least legible — with translations from her notebook in the wall text and magnifying glasses on hand for your scrutiny of the illustrations.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Victories over Fulham and Everton were the bare minimum required to keep Chelsea’s top-five hopes alive, but beating Liverpool — even a less-than-peak Liverpool so soon after securing the Premier League title — last Sunday was a bigger statement.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Pure purchases help propel the title to several rankings, as its sales count jumps significantly.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The coins are stamped with dates ranging from 1808 to 1915.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The letter — dated and stamped by Mexican postal services with its delivery day, Jan. 4, 2023 — did not arrive until after his hearing.—
Jack Herrera Jack Herrera,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The best are legends in the hood, with street names like Twin and Taco.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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Zahabi is the younger brother of Tristar Gym head trainer Firas Zahabi, who is best known for his time with UFC legend Georges St-Pierre.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Most likely, the headlines are created by artificial intelligence to drive traffic to a website, Feigenbaum said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Here are the sectors worth watching as the headlines on trade negotiations start to roll in.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Camp's repost of the image added the burning heart emoji and tagged Whipkey's account.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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This included climbers, who might, for example, tag their sponsor in climbing footage that features the sponsor’s product.—
Sam MacIlwaine,
Outside Online,
11 May 2025
Noun
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So rare, in fact, that after nearly missing the cutline at Cognizant Classic, was only the 6th player to accomplish it after nine long years.—
Devlina Sarkar,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Ohio State is almost surely on the right side of the cutline as things stand, but a losing streak for a team that is only 15-11 overall would be a serious problem.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Cavs swept the Miami Heat in the first round with wonderful offense and appeared to be riding a high heading into the Eastern Conference Semifinals.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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From the user’s point of view, laser and LED printers are essentially interchangeable, which is why they’re usually grouped together under the general heading of laser printers.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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