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captioning

verb

present participle of caption
as in tagging

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for captioning
  1. tagging
  2. stamping
  3. labeling
  4. ticketing
  5. identifying
  6. earmarking
  7. marking
Verb
  • The tagging feature lets creators monetize audiences on Shorts and in the living room.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Lehrer later posted the segment on social media, tagging Yair Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s son.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of tagging
Verb
  • That car became a rally staple, training a generation of drivers, including the French legend Jean Ragnotti, and stamping its double white stripe into motorsport folklore.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This metal punch press mold functions like slices of bread in a sandwich, stamping hot plastic sheets into lightweight thermoplastic aircraft doors.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of stamping
Verb
  • Although heavily implied, officers at the news conference stopped short of labeling Betkouski as a suspect in the Tylenol murders.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Gardner said that the insurer missed the standard two-year deadline to recover the money and is now labeling routine billing as fraud to avoid legal time limits.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of labeling
Verb
  • Tixr will run ticketing for all Squadron home games at the Pontchartrain Center, including ticket purchasing, management, resale and transfers.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But real capability doesn’t live in a ticketing system or a static Wiki page.
    — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of ticketing
Verb
  • The kill chain—the sequence of steps between identifying a target and destroying it—was only as fast and accurate as his keystrokes.
    — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Ukrainian drone attacks overnight started fires at three infrastructure facilities in Russia's Krasnodar region, local emergency officials said Monday, without identifying the locations.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of identifying
Verb
  • But considering the child of someone whose transformational philanthropy may fund scholarships for low-income students for generations is a far cry from earmarking admissions slots simply because a parent attended the university.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Connecticut was among the few states helping to cover the loss of federal health insurance subsidies by earmarking millions of dollars to soften the blow for more than 150,000 Connecticut residents.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of earmarking
Verb
  • The comedy audio series is co-produced by Kim’s 3AD production company, marking the latest collaboration under his first-look deal with Audible.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Pendley co-wrote all 13 tracks — including two with the late Ronnie Bowman, marking some of the legendary songwriter’s final contributions to country music — and laced them all with his rural upbringing 40 miles northwest of Little Rock.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of marking
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“Captioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captioning. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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