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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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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
Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
James announced the breakup via a photo caption on his Instagram account Thursday.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Trending on Billboard Fans, of course, were more than happy to weigh in after George captioned the post with a request for any help his followers might be able offer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2025
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Known for giving motivational pep talks to young rappers, and the Internet in general, through his social media platforms and his Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast with his cousin Gillie, the Philly native wrote a lengthy caption addressing the two Dipset members.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
James announced the breakup via a photo caption on his Instagram account Thursday.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
James captioned the festive post, which also included snaps of Jessa Duggar and husband Ben Seewald, John Duggar and wife Abbie's son Charlie, Jason Duggar and Jeremiah Duggar.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Trending on Billboard Fans, of course, were more than happy to weigh in after George captioned the post with a request for any help his followers might be able offer.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2025
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Rather than deal with subtitles or translations, the characters use accents when speaking English in the play but then remove them when speaking Farsi, thus replicating the experience of non-native speakers from the audience’s perspective.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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That’s according to a CNBC translation of his Mandarin-language remarks.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just days before his appearance, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will defend his title in a high-stakes ladder match against Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Jannik Sinner of Italy return to defend their respective Women’s and Men’s Singles titles.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Six other Ohio State seniors have been stamped with draftable grades from NFL teams, according to sources: quarterback Will Howard, center Seth McLaughlin, linebacker Cody Simon, safety Lathan Ransom, and cornerbacks Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock.—
Dane Brugler,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Platinum Long Lash Serum is stamped with Sephora’s clean seal of approval and backed by clinical results.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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There was only a single new legend released the entire year, and one new BR map.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Image The burghers who proffered sacrifice were spared at the last minute, French legend has it, making Rodin’s retrieval of life from death a symbolic one.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Bears have considerable ground to close and no trophies are presented to organizations that win headlines in the offseason.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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The headline on Miami’s afternoon newspaper, the Miami News, screamed in bold: Snow in Miami!—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The post tagged the profiles of Birt, Young and Coker, but notes that the group was unable to tag Randklev and Washington, as their accounts have blocked the group’s profile.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2025
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On release day, each turtle is tagged—smaller turtles receive a device similar to the microchips used for dogs and cats.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The loss ensures the Red Sox will remain at least 3.5 games below the playoff cutline entering Sunday.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2024
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The odds are very low that the regular season finale will see a winner from below the cutline, so this is the last chance for a lot of these drivers to either make the playoffs or get ready to be an also-ran for the final 10 weeks of the season this fall.—
Jeff Gluck,
The Athletic,
22 Aug. 2024
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Two hours later, the blog reported that the heading had disappeared.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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In that sort of price range, a $12,000 box to put a watch in comes under the heading of an impulse buy.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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