titles 1 of 2

plural of title
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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
That season also marked the first of his two career scoring titles. Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026 More on the Platform titles below, with language courtesy of the festival. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 Of Eminem’s three current titles on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart, only Curtain Call can also be found on other rankings. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 And Spain, glorious Spain, gave up just one goal in eight games to dethrone the reigning champions and become the first nation in history to own both the men’s and women’s World Cup titles at the same time. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The Heat has also made seven NBA Finals appearances and 10 Eastern Conference Finals appearances, won 16 division titles, and advanced to the playoffs 23 times. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 So far, no streamer or theatrical distributor has picked up Dreams of Violets for a commercial release after the Tribeca titles was shopped around. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 The service has launched on the App Store, Google Play and a dedicated website with more than 100 titles across crime, drama, reality, dating, factual entertainment and docs. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 July 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
  • 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
  • The jokes and goofy monikers mattered.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • People are bombarded with emails, text messages, X posts, Reddit threads, Instagram captions.
    Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Organizations should ensure digital content is accessible through screen reader compatibility, captions, alt text and plain language.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • And of course, Haaland, who is undoubtedly the breakout star of these championships.
    Dylan Jones, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
  • Only the Los Angeles Lakers (six NBA championships), San Antonio Spurs (five) and Golden State Warriors (four) have won more NBA titles than the Heat over the last 30 years.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • This metadata names the component and assigns it a generation number that is incremented each time a new security fix ships.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • The suit names OpenAI; OpenAI’s Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer, and OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan, who previously led iPhone and Apple Watch product design.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • This group of significant works, which also includes the 1918–1921 Hollyhock House in Los Angeles and the 1956–1959 Guggenheim Museum in New York, became the UNESCO World Heritage List’s first-ever modern architecture designations.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
  • Moyle’s family had been working on potential development plans, prompting the Ada County Assessor’s Office to visit the area and see if the previous designations (agriculture for some parts and waste in others) still held true.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 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
  • Ferrari is wary of a culture that diagnoses and labels nearly everything, and equally wary of the backlash that waves off deeper work as just talking.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Also highlighted this year as finalists are fellow couture designer Julie de Libran as well as menswear labels EgonLab and Kartik Research.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • And per the outlet, Spain’s players use nicknames (like Pedro González López, who goes by Pedri) or their first and surname (Spanish naming tradition includes both parents’ surnames).
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • Southern nicknames often have no rhyme or reason but are deeply endearing and permanent.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

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“Titles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titles. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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