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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According to the captions of the post, which was cross-posted with the Industrial Workers of the World’s San Francisco Bay Area account, 27 of 283 Peet’s Coffee locations are slated to close.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Glimpses of the visit are on Ai’s Instagram account, where the artist actively posts but doesn’t typically write captions, contributing to the trip’s under-the-radar quality.—
Stephy Chung,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Cutlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlines. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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