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as in translation
an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration
for the school yearbook, funny captions were written for snapshots showing a typical day at school
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as in title
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
the textbook features cleverly worded captions to capture the reader's attention
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Recent Examples of caption
Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Cruise captioned his Instagram post Monday, June 23.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Standards include providing alternative text and video captions, screen-reader compatibility and adequate color contrast and text size, according to the ADA website.
—Naina Srivastava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Farrow captioned the post paired with Scott’s photo.
—Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Cruise captioned his Instagram post Monday, June 23.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Verb
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the name of Milwaukee Alderman Fred Steffan in a photo caption.
—Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Standards include providing alternative text and video captions, screen-reader compatibility and adequate color contrast and text size, according to the ADA website.
—Naina Srivastava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caption
Noun
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The guidance encourages agencies to explore alternatives such as artificial intelligence and machine translation where minimal assistance in other languages remains appropriate.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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And, over time, fewer new European priests arrived in Kongo, making translation less necessary.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Legacy job titles and career paths are swiftly entering extinction, and will be entirely obsolete by 2030.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Loveland constantly produced in big moments during the title run.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Shapiro chronicles the couple’s reach, as Putnam stamped Amelia’s imprimatur onto (white) American womanhood, a prototype still among us: role model for younger women, professional and practical, efficient by day, elegant by night.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Every voltage reading is stamped with which machine recorded it, who was on shift and even the calibration certificate of the sensors.—
Raghu Para,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Target $130 $70 (46% off) Walmart Blue’s Yeti is a USB mic legend.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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Several fans flooded the comments on Instagram and TikTok, calling Chief Keef a legend for finding his way into Melber’s headphones.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Musk had previously been jostling with members of the Trump team on issues like tariffs, outright opposing Trump 2.0’s headline policy and lambasting its architects, such as advisor Peter Navarro.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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And he’s made a point of dropping in on trials large and small — from celebrity defendants to juvenile cases far from the headlines — to cheer on his staff.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
Verb
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The Yankees tagged Muñoz for two runs on three hits and a walk to force extra innings, where Aaron Judge delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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This means if someone is caught tagging a church, for example, instead of implementing a fine, that person is ordered to remove the graffiti and meet the victims of the crime.—
Spencer Pauley,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
Noun
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DeChambeau shot 7-over 77 to finish the two days at 10 over — three shots off the cutline.—
Apress,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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DeChambeau shot a 7-over 77 to put him at 10-over through the first two days of golf’s third major of the year, a few shots more than the cutline that winnows the field before the third and fourth rounds.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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The pilot struggled to maintain the plane on a heading and climb, a preliminary report said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
9 July 2025
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On the day of the fire, Henderson and others who worked at Near Southside Inc. could hear the fire trucks one after the other heading to The Cooper.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 July 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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