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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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as in titles
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
Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
Curate favorite photos from different years, add simple captions or dates and keep the design clean and modern.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Curate favorite photos from different years, add simple captions or dates and keep the design clean and modern.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
For nearly half a century after the creation of the Girls’ Athletic Association, photos of girls playing sports were accompanied by captions that disparaged their athletic abilities.
—Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
The montage named leaders including former Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh, former Bolivian president Juan Torres, and former Chilean president Salvador Allende, pairing their photos with captions accusing the CIA of conspiring to overthrow them.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 Apr. 2026
Calloway became internet-famous for her Instagram captions, elaborate personal storytelling, and a series of public controversies that blurred the boundary between confession and performance.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
These captions are short, headline-like titles for images.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
All performances offer accessible seating, large-print playbills and sensory kits; select showtimes also offer open captions, mask requirements, ASL interpretation and audio description services.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026
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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
Curate favorite photos from different years, add simple captions or dates and keep the design clean and modern.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Curate favorite photos from different years, add simple captions or dates and keep the design clean and modern.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
For nearly half a century after the creation of the Girls’ Athletic Association, photos of girls playing sports were accompanied by captions that disparaged their athletic abilities.
—Michael A Messner, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
The montage named leaders including former Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh, former Bolivian president Juan Torres, and former Chilean president Salvador Allende, pairing their photos with captions accusing the CIA of conspiring to overthrow them.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 19 Apr. 2026
Calloway became internet-famous for her Instagram captions, elaborate personal storytelling, and a series of public controversies that blurred the boundary between confession and performance.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
These captions are short, headline-like titles for images.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
All performances offer accessible seating, large-print playbills and sensory kits; select showtimes also offer open captions, mask requirements, ASL interpretation and audio description services.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
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Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell team up on translations of Spanish poet Luis Muñoz, and Nightboat Books delivers Antonio Ochoa’s engaging bilingual prose poem sequence, Small Sargasso Mountains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Captions were prone to more errors when offline, but translations often came out downright confusing, with both wrong words and baffling grammar.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Las Vegas Aces play in the 12,000-seat Michelob Ultra Arena, yet CNBC pegs the value of the team, which won WNBA titles in 2022, 2023 and 2025 , at $500 million, fourth on our list.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The Lowriders stamps showcase five classic models.—
Monica Garske,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Conscious qualities, such as our emotional tone, complexity of thought, or attentional focus, could each meaningfully constrain how the mind stamps its presence on the brain’s dynamic landscape.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 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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On a radio channel typically reserved for crisp, professional callouts about altitude, headings and runway assignments, the animal impressions stood out — to put it mildly.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Our society labels divorce as a failure, with plenty of shame attached to it.—
Patricia Neligan,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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An accident at a Pepsi ad shoot causes his scalp to catch fire, and in playing that moment for as much tragedy as possible, the film all but labels Michael’s life as a gothic-horror tale of body transformation.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The channel is being developed through the company’s Historyverse creative unit, which is shaping the editorial approach across a slate that spans historical narratives, legends and philosophical storytelling.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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She was joined onstage by local legends Caetano Veloso, a tropicália pioneer, and his sister Maria Bethânia, one of the best-selling artists in Brazilian history.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
3 May 2026
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Scandalous allegations involving a former Spurs owner and a local teacher shared the headlines with the bittersweet closure of a 73-year-old steakhouse.—
JJ Velasquez,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
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In a case that drew national headlines, a 2000 proposal for a mosque in Palos Heights was met with so much community dissent that the City Council offered the mosque $200,000 to walk away from the deal.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Verb
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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 9 May. 2026.
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