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Definition of titlenext
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as in caption
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 a humorous illustration appears above the title of every chapter in the book

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as in championship
the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition won the singles title three years in a row

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Recent Examples of title
Noun
King hopes to follow in the footsteps of Singer, who helped the Gators to the 2017 national title and is now in his seventh MLB season. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026 There is also real depth behind the title. Matt Emma, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Verb
The centerpiece is the towering 75-minute film installation titled simply KID A MNESIA, projected inside a modular theater structure rising 25 feet into the air. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 12 May 2026 Cbum capsule, titled Unfinished, marks the first time the athlete has worked with a brand on an apparel collection and is intended to be a physical expression of his philosophy that even after achieving success, there’s always more to come. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for title
Recent Examples of Synonyms for title
Noun
  • On their first album under the moniker, the two noisemakers from Animal Collective delight in this combination, foregrounding campfire acoustics while sinister drones lurk around the corner.
    Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
  • Fajitagate became the moniker for a drunken brawl involving three off-duty San Francisco police officers and two men over a bag of steak fajitas.
    Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Indian guests won the engagement but Western media captions largely lost them.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 5 May 2026
  • Smart acknowledged the shocking transformation in her caption.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • That came a day after Montverde Academy junior Samuel Johnson, already in the exclusive 50 foot club, jumped 50-4¼ to take the 2A championship.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • After coaching this season under an expiring contract, the four-time championship coach has agreed to a new two-year deal, a league source confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Saturday.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • The right-back was likely to feature in coach Thomas Tuchel’s World Cup squad, which is being named on May 22, but the door has now creaked open for one of his rivals for that position — and specifically Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Around a century ago, in New York, a white starlet named Irene Delroy got a hot tip from her maid, who was Black.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Alaïa has been putting more of a spotlight on Archetypes — its nomenclature for pre-collections, which have been overseen in recent seasons by creative director Pieter Mulier.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • To be fair, Saturday’s Kentucky Derby field isn’t entirely devoid of notable nomenclature.
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Semafor World Economy 2026 drove headlines each day across three concurrent stages of news-making conversations.
    Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
  • The disparate outcomes can help explain the generally gloomy attitude most Americans have toward the economy even as headline figures, such as the unemployment rate and economic growth, remain mostly solid.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • According to the deposition, Shaknovsky instructed a nurse to label the liver as a spleen after it was removed and identified it as a spleen in his postoperative notes.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Mavropanos has grown in confidence since harshly being labelled ‘Mavropanic’.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • There were other nicknames, too, some less flattering than others.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • The Redskins moved forward as the Washington Football Team in 2020 because the hasty retreat from the original nickname didn't give the club time to come up with something new.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026

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“Title.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/title. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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