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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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Duolingo terminated agreements for 10% of its contractor workforce, citing a pivot to AI for content translation.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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In January 2024, Duolingo laid off close to 10% of its contractors after adopting AI for translation tasks.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Langley walked away with the title of New Female Artist of the Year, as well as trophies in three more categories.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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If the mask is stamped with a GB number ending in 2006, it was made based on the previous standard and is still fine to use so long as the expiration date hasn't passed.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 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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The Grammy winner then punctuated the sentiment by tagging both Clairo and McGuire and typing out an old-school heart symbol.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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Brittany wrote over the picture, tagging her husband at the bottom.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
1 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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Florida led the series 2-0 heading into Game 3, but the Lightning managed a big road victory to avoid falling behind 3-0.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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How does the franchise use the long-term lockup of Guerrero’s heading forward?—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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