titles 1 of 2

plural of title
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2
as in captions
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 championships
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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titles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of title

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Recent Examples of titles
Noun
Scott will be defending her WBC and WBA middleweight titles, but no one is giving her much of a chance to beat Shields. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 In the interest of shoring up its already robust and very impressive 2026 slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has today announced its 11 final titles, including new films from Martin McDonagh, Guy Nattiv, and Werner Herzog. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026 The club has won 27 World Series titles in its history, but none since 2009, despite having deep pockets and a willingness to spend on premier players. Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 However, the fresh look is what truly elevates it from other Marvel titles, a testament to how cross-cultural collaboration brings out the best in art. Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 The New York Film Festival has revealed its Spotlight lineup for the 64th edition and the section is stacked with fall’s most buzzy names and titles. Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 At the 2024 Paris Games, Tentoglou became just the second man — Carl Lewis is the other — to win two consecutive Olympic long jump titles. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Abrams was Cedartown’s head coach the previous five seasons and was let go despite a 50-12 record and three region titles. Jack Leo, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The circumstances make United CEO Omar Berrada’s 2025 public ambition for the senior women’s and men’s teams to lift their respective league titles by 2028 an even more challenging proposition. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set. Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026 Let people follow problems across functions, not titles up a ladder. May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026 Both titles hail from directors with whom Hawke has maintained a strong relationship. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 In a keynote interview yesterday at MIPCOM, Le Goy was bullish about his studio’s chances of tapping into the growing demand for anime and games, titles thanks to its ownership of streamer Crunchyroll and its sister games biz, Sony Playstation. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 That was just in time for the first of three Super Bowl titles the Chiefs won between that year and 2023-24. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 The Dragons didn’t play in 2024 after winning Manzanita League titles the previous two seasons. Rick Hoff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titles
Noun
  • Expect to see names like Helaena, Baela, and Alicent all become popular monikers for princesses-in-training in the next few years—dragons not included.
    Parents, Parents, 31 July 2026
  • The Bachelor Nation star and his wife landed on the twins' first names after testing them out with River, who didn't hesitate to make the monikers part of her everyday vocabulary even before her little sisters were born.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Camila noticed the photos of cyclists and began to read the captions and stories.
    Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • First, we’ve been habituated to bite-sized texts like, well… texts, Reddit, email and Instagram captions.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • More than 30 lifeguards are competing in the championships from Fort Lauderdale, which has 45 full-time and 55 part-time guards who staff 20 towers along 3 miles of beach.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect trained as a boxer and had some success in the Greek national championships, CNN affiliate CNN Greece reported.
    Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Apple’s lawsuit also names a former iPhone engineer, Chang Liu, who joined OpenAI in January.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes someone else names a department that stopped existing two reorganizations ago.
    Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Anthropic and Google DeepMind run comparable capability frameworks, and their next frontier releases will reveal whether Critical designations become routine or stay an OpenAI story.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The high court’s 6-3 conservative-majority ruling curtailed lower courts’ ability to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from terminating TPS designations.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Some school pocket charts have fluid designs, while other charts have preprinted headings that create a sense of structure, including fill-in-the-blank sentences and basic math formulas.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • Make Content Easier To Navigate One simple step is making content easy to navigate with clear headings, short sections and descriptive links.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Sony first brought lawsuits against Udio and its competitor Suno in June 2024 alongside labels Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • Much of the American left seeks to counter Trump with a form of progressive populism that labels billionaires and oligarchs enemies of the people.
    Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • In a Mexican family where several women shared the same name, nicknames were inevitable.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The moon's nicknames, like April's Pink Moon, May's Flower Moon, or June's Strawberry Moon, originated from Native Americans', Colonial Americans', and other cultures' names for the moon.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 July 2026

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“Titles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titles. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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