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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The removal of Spears' Instagram account comes after years of public concern and defense over her social media presence, in which the pop star has been seen posting dance videos (including with knives), sometimes with unintelligible and bizarre captions.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025 -
The captions made the experience even more surreal.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Cutlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlines. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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