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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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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 captions
Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Tubi supports closed captions on the vast majority of its content.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Closed captions were built for deaf audiences.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In September, Meta released its own display glasses, enabling users to see features like messages, photo previews and live captions through a small display that's built into one of the device's lenses.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Mercury moving through your sign puts you back in the spotlight, and people are paying attention to everything from your opinions to your Instagram captions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The inside of Perfect Scents, a South Plaza greeting card shop, contains dozens of photographs (both framed and unframed) with captions of owner Nancy Pell’s family.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 12, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Some Regal Cinemas now make Sony Entertainment Access Glasses available to customers wishing to utilize captions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
The editor’s captions tell us that there were — take a deep breath — hundreds of sets of dentures turned in each year, fewer than half of which were eventually claimed.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
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Disney’s social media accounts did some further rib-nudging over the weekend with tweets paraphrasing Swift lyrics as captions for the billboard images, some of which featured the character Jessie.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Tubi supports closed captions on the vast majority of its content.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Closed captions were built for deaf audiences.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In September, Meta released its own display glasses, enabling users to see features like messages, photo previews and live captions through a small display that's built into one of the device's lenses.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Mercury moving through your sign puts you back in the spotlight, and people are paying attention to everything from your opinions to your Instagram captions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
The inside of Perfect Scents, a South Plaza greeting card shop, contains dozens of photographs (both framed and unframed) with captions of owner Nancy Pell’s family.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 12, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Some Regal Cinemas now make Sony Entertainment Access Glasses available to customers wishing to utilize captions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
The editor’s captions tell us that there were — take a deep breath — hundreds of sets of dentures turned in each year, fewer than half of which were eventually claimed.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
Noun
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Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator, whose translations from Portuguese, Spanish, and French include fiction from Europe, Africa, and the Americas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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His translations of prose and poetry have appeared in Blackbox Manifold, The White Review, Tentacular, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, Seedings, The Johannesburg Review of Books, The Washington Square Review, and others.—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The slapstick titles—Crackned Horsez, To of Them, Ape Island, all 1972—further stymied any straightforwardly polemical takeaway.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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My mother translated some of the titles and tables of contents for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Where to buy Mister Rogers stamps The Mister Rogers Stamps will be available for purchase at any post office nationwide and on The Postal Store online.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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The Lowriders stamps showcase five classic models.—
Monica Garske,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Breaking information into short sections with scannable headings may help keep candidates engaged longer, so try to focus on that approach instead.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Will my boss prefer serif or sans serif headings in this pitch deck?—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Iran already blocks independent TV and tightly polices journalists; Freedom House labels its media not free as authorities ban satellite dishes and cut off outside internet access for weeks.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Recognizing that, YouTube is making the AI labels more prominent and automating part of the process.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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The emergence of a global content marketplace has greatly expanded opportunity to create TV shows, movies, documentaries, games and more for those who control the life rights of legends such as Monroe, Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali, estates that are also in the Authentic portfolio.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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There are a number of myths and legends surrounding Wilimowski, both good and bad, that are hard to verify or disprove.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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The headlines ask what went wrong in a delivery room, emergency department, or postpartum ward, while far less attention is given to the years—sometimes decades—of inequity that made those outcomes more likely in the first place.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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While lithium often dominates headlines, graphite is actually one of the largest components inside a lithium-ion battery by weight.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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Gerth gets notified every time a neighbor tags her on Facebook.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Reece Atwood tags her with an RBI single off the left-field wall that scores Kayden Henry, MaTaia Lawson follows with a 2-RBI single into right, and Jaycie Nichols bounces another single up the middle.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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