plural chyrons
: a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image (as during a news broadcast)
I sometimes fantasize about spending the rest of my life studying them. CNN and Fox News would then have me on whenever there was a major hummingbird story. The chyron would identify me as "Christopher Buckley—Hummingbird Authority."—
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News networks marked the moment with post-midnight ET special reports, with CNN and MSNBC featuring countdown clocks before switching their chyron banner headlines.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
But perhaps the most fascinating touch of all comes courtesy of chyrons that appear when a new kabuki play is introduced.
—Ryan Swen, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The chyron on the screen below read, FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Smith Collection/Gado/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images Have some sympathy for the headline writers and TV chyron composers trying to describe what's happening on Capitol Hill right now.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
But perhaps the most fascinating touch of all comes courtesy of chyrons that appear when a new kabuki play is introduced.
—Ryan Swen, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The chyron on the screen below read, FIERY BUT MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTESTS AFTER POLICE SHOOTING.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Smith Collection/Gado/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images Have some sympathy for the headline writers and TV chyron composers trying to describe what's happening on Capitol Hill right now.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
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“Chyron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chyron. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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