titles 1 of 2

plural of title
1
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
The opposite is true of Kane, who has been breaking goalscoring records in Germany and winning titles with Bayern Munich. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The company, which brought together EST Studios and N8, has offices in Los Angeles and Bangkok and has sold and distributed more than 60 titles across over 100 territories. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 Rather than chasing fancy titles or splashy paychecks throughout her career, she’s gravitated toward jobs that pushed her out of her comfort zone, forced her to take risks, and taught her to embrace a little chaos. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 After viciously hitting step-back threes, trash talking anyone who dares tempt him and racking up two NBA scoring titles, Doncic just likes to stay home, maybe get lunch or play cards. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Chenal, who played his first four NFL seasons with the Chiefs and won two Super Bowl titles, shared an update Thursday, nearly four weeks after the injury. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 Regardless, even if one of the seasonal titles doesn’t make it to the top spot in 2026, this year’s Halloween showdown could very well be the start of a newly suspenseful annual race on the Hot 100, one likely to continue in 2027 and beyond. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026 Here are the best, smartest and most revolutionary titles the genre created. — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026 New England has set the division’s standard for much of this century, winning 17 AFC East titles from 2001 through 2025, including an NFL-record 11 straight from 2009 through 2019. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
Certain Regard; Toronto titles Angh by Theja Rio, which won the Platform Award, automatically qualifying it for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards, and Four Seasons in Java by Kamila Andini. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 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 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
  • This is the Leeds full-length that sounds most like the previous one, despite the producer typically showing great range even across his individual monikers.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Regardless of a brand’s intent, sneakerheads love to coin unofficial nicknames for sneakers and often do so with monikers derived from pop-culture.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The organization brings awareness to how disability is portrayed in film while also making movies more accessible by adding content warnings, captions and audio descriptions.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc.
    — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Miami won three of its five national championships as an independent (1983, 1987, 1989).
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Lake Howell looks to snap Seminole County’s longest drought between district championships.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Club names FedEx and FedEx Freight report earnings tomorrow evening and Thursday evening, respectively.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In a new memoir, the legendary reporter names a parade of confidential sources who enabled monumental scoops in The Washington Post and his blockbuster books.
    — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Cincinnati comes out of its bye without any injury game designations, while Baltimore will again start Tyler Huntley with Lamar Jackson ruled out.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Wrigley View Rooftop maintains that the Cubs haven’t explained the rationale for opposing the removal of confidentiality designations.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 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
  • The graph correctly labels the resumption of large-scale strikes on that date, followed by a continuous rise in diesel prices to the record heights experienced over the past month.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Inside, the Chuk box houses a series of three shelves that vary in depth to the extent that Chuk labels them a shelf, a tray and a drawer.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Regardless of a brand’s intent, sneakerheads love to coin unofficial nicknames for sneakers and often do so with monikers derived from pop-culture.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Irish band — Bono, the Edge, and two other guys who didn't get the memo on cool nicknames — will play at halftime during Netflix's Thanksgiving Eve game between the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Titles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titles. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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