as in captions
an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo
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captions
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On social media, make jokes that don’t follow logic or build toward a punch line, but rather rely on jump cuts and endless captions.—
Emily Menez,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026 -
While organizers of the national movement have not independently verified participation on all seven continents, social media users seized on the image as a symbolic milestone, with many sharing it alongside captions highlighting Antarctica’s status as the world’s southernmost continent.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Cutlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlines. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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