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as in moniker
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
about the only thing the book and the movie have in common are their titles
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as in caption
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 championship
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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as in to name
to give a name to
what do you plan on titling your latest album?
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Recent Examples of title
Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Frank adds his second Top Christian Albums No. 1, as Child of God II dethrones his Child of God after 35 weeks on top beginning last August (the third-most weeks at No. 1 among all titles this decade).
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 21 May 2025
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
As for what’s next, Amanda recently launched her own shoppable edit for Marshalls titled The Upgrade Shop.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 21 May 2025
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Noun
Yet as the film wends its way through the narrow streets, harbors and glittering waters of Spain’s salty Galician coastline, immersing itself in chaotic gatherings of family and community, the title’s spiritual aspect takes on a rueful irony.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
Frank adds his second Top Christian Albums No. 1, as Child of God II dethrones his Child of God after 35 weeks on top beginning last August (the third-most weeks at No. 1 among all titles this decade).
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 21 May 2025
Verb
The new film, tentatively titled Judy, just finished production in London.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
As for what’s next, Amanda recently launched her own shoppable edit for Marshalls titled The Upgrade Shop.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for title
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That painting, Past Times (1997), appeared in Marshall’s traveling retrospective and was won by Combs, also known by the moniker Diddy, at Sotheby’s.—
Alex Greenberger for ARTNews,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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Gravely lived up to that moniker Friday with a walk-off single for Santa Margarita in a 5-4 win over Los Alamitos in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals at Santa Margarita High.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
23 May 2025
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Your social captions need to grab attention in less than three seconds.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Find the video and caption on Newsweek's YouTube channel.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The final two teams then play in a best-of-three series for the national championship.—
Lauren Merola,
New York Times,
26 May 2025
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Poly will play Warren for the Division 4 championship.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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President Donald Trump's former lawyer Jay Sekulow has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging that the defendants misled the police in the 2022 murder investigation of an employee of Sekulow's.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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It’s even named after his childhood nickname, Kurky.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The nomenclature for the model comes from the engine’s number of cylinders and its volume—in this case a straight-eight mill with a little over 2,300 cc of displacement (2,336 cc to be exact).—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
14 May 2025
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Abiding by Soviet-era nomenclature rules, spacecraft that remain in orbit around the Earth are dubbed Kosmos, followed by a number—in this case, Kosmos 482.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 May 2025
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Their affair first made headlines in late 2022, prompting ABC to launch a probe that ultimately ended with the two getting axed from their high profile gigs.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Outside of his contributions to the league, Irsay also made headlines for his personal life.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 May 2025
Verb
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The Catawba Riverkeeper monitors water quality, though there isn’t a swimming beach monitoring site specifically labeled for Fishing Creek Lake in its public database.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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Their cosmology and ways of knowing were labeled savage.—
Karida L. Brown,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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The rocky bluffs make the waters particularly treacherous, earning the tip of Door County a wild nickname: Death’s Door.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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But few nicknames reach the height of the headless chicken monster.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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“Title.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/title. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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