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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
New Atlas,
24 June 2026
Rodrigo wrote in an Instagram post caption.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2026
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Movies for Home Viewing Although producers of audiovisual materials such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs are typically not required to caption their products, most opt to do so.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Meta is arguably the most popular brand for this type of wearable in the US right now, but others like Tecno and Rokid – whose glasses include a head-up display for live captions and notifications in your field of vision (review coming soon) – could catch up with differentiated offerings.
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New Atlas,
24 June 2026
Rodrigo wrote in an Instagram post caption.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2026
Verb
Meghan captioned the post, suggesting Lilibet was helping her mom prepare some outfits.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Movies for Home Viewing Although producers of audiovisual materials such as DVDs and Blu-ray discs are typically not required to caption their products, most opt to do so.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.
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This includes transcript and translation features, but as PCMAg’s evaluation notes, this is not free.
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The 18-year-old has already won three La Liga titles with FC Barcelona, a Spanish Cup, a Spanish Super Cup and a Euros championship in addition to being a Ballon d’Or runner-up.
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As Hart helped the Knicks defeat Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in five games to clinch an NBA title, New York had the support of Swift, who attended Game 4 at Madison Square Garden on June 10 with her pals, Este and Alana Haim.
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The Council's 20% test widens that gap and stamps it as compliant.
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The Derya Arms shotgun was stamped that that it was manufactured in the country of Turkey, according to FBI agents who searched the home.
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The legends surrounding the team can, at times, become muddled.
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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The four days and nights were filled with electronic dance music and headline acts such as Illenium, Excision, Kaskade, GRiZ, Chris Lake and The String Cheese Incident.
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The world press was less restrained; the Post, the Daily Mail, the Hindustan Times, and many others ran screaming headlines, accompanied by photographs of the climbers purloined from social media.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bregman both tagged and advanced on the sequence, putting runners on second and third for Suzuki.
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Expect the next few weeks of Raw and SmackDown to fill in the women’s and tag picture and resolve the Zayn question.
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And three of them — Laurie Canter, Peter Uihlein and Caleb Surratt — just barely made it after finishing right on the cutline at 4 over.
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After just making the cut on the cutline, Charley Hull went out well before the leaders Saturday with the mindset to stop overthinking things and simply go out and play.
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Whether that’s viable heading into budget negotiations with a more progressive Albany is the question corporate lobbyists should be gaming out now.
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Despite shelling out their second-largest salary on the team – behind only Doncic – the Lakers’ amount of wiggle room remains the same heading into unrestricted free agency next week.
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“Caption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caption. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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