titles 1 of 2

Definition of titlesnext
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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of title

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Recent Examples of titles
Noun
UConn's hopes at becoming the first team since John Wooden's UCLA dynasty to win three titles in four seasons came up short, done in by massive foul trouble and its own terrible shooting. CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 This was UConn’s first loss in seven championship appearances, with all six titles coming since 1999. Justin Williams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Those Huskies, trying to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since Florida, felt more like Thanos, so inevitable that not even the towering oak of Zach Edey stood a chance. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, may hold the titles of Britain's future king and queen, but the couple's most important role is as parents to their three children, Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte. ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 In his tenure as the women’s basketball coach, the program won 16 conference titles, five regional championships with five national tournament appearances and one NJCAA Final Four. Mac Engel april 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026 The Tar Heels want to get back to the Roy Williams days, as the legendary UNC head coach led his squad to six NCAA titles during his tenure, the most recent coming in 2017. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 For people who’ve built their self-worth around titles, expertise, and relentless forward momentum, purgatory is particularly brutal. Geoff Curtis, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026 Křížová played in 77 regular-season games and 18 playoff games as part of the Frost’s back-to-back Walter Cup titles. Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 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
  • In general, however, these monikers rely on softer vowels and consonants that are light and velvety on the ear.
    Anna Earl, Parents, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Similarly moralistic monikers were used in the war in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and the 2003 invasion of Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom).
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As a meme, the captions recontextualize the scene to describe situations where things seem normal at first but go wrong when the saxophones start playing.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The captions take the original scene and apply it to situations where things seem totally normal at first — but go sideways the second the saxophones kick in.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The dominant force were Dynamo Kyiv, who had been the old Soviet Union’s most successful club with 13 league championships and had subsequently won 11 of the preceding 12 Ukrainian titles.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Christo Popov won the men’s final at the European badminton championships before losing the doubles final with his older brother Toma Junior Popov on Sunday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The site names groups that have been disciplined since 2018.
    Matthew Kelly April 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The lawsuit names the school district, the girl's attacker and the attacker's mother.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Simple formatting, recognizable headings, and standard section labels all carry weight in whether a resume is parsed correctly.
    K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s a subdivision for some stylists; The Wall Group labels them stylist/content creators.
    Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Both Gomez and Pérez argue that the Cuban government often labels common prisoners as political detainees when announcing releases.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Real estate company Walton Global approached Fort Worth zoning commissioners in May 2024 to rezone parcels of their 1,756-acre property along Chisholm Trail Parkway for a data center and higher-density housing than what existing designations allowed.
    Samuel O’Neal April 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • These designations come with different implications for taxes, liability and administrative complexity.
    Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Iran War and now failed peace talks have dominated the latest headlines here and across the country, and have resulted in sharp increases in gas prices, diesel prices and farm essentials like fertilizer.
    Esme Murphy, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Some disappearances dominate headlines.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026

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

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