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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 captions
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
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Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
22 June 2026
He is credited with shaking up modern photography with narrative forms often told like a comic strip, supplemented with his own, often poetic, handwritten captions and titles.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
Surveys found that a significant share of hearing viewers also use captions regularly, such as in noisy environments or while learning a new language.
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Sankar Sen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
The captions assert his dominance.
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Kenneal Patterson,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
Her strict economy, honed by her early years of writing and endlessly revising (under the exacting eye of Allene Talmey) tight captions for Vogue, thrills the editor in me.
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Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Public photos, captions and comments can get scraped, saved and connected to other personal details already online.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Jenner wrote in one of two captions.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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One of the more obvious storytelling choices in Weapon X is the lack of narrative captions.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
22 June 2026
He is credited with shaking up modern photography with narrative forms often told like a comic strip, supplemented with his own, often poetic, handwritten captions and titles.
—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
Surveys found that a significant share of hearing viewers also use captions regularly, such as in noisy environments or while learning a new language.
—
Sankar Sen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2026
The captions assert his dominance.
—
Kenneal Patterson,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
Her strict economy, honed by her early years of writing and endlessly revising (under the exacting eye of Allene Talmey) tight captions for Vogue, thrills the editor in me.
—
Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Public photos, captions and comments can get scraped, saved and connected to other personal details already online.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Jenner wrote in one of two captions.
—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for captions
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Labels throughout the classroom include both English and Spanish translations.
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These ancient scrolls are too fragile to unfurl, stymieing scholars’ attempts over the past few centuries to complete translations of the texts within.
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James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh led the Heat to two NBA titles and four Finals appearances in their four years together (2010 through 2014) before James left in free agency to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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In addition to the three World Series titles, the Dodgers have won five NL pennants and nine division titles under Roberts.
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The company that stamps its name on a custom chip and the company that captures the durable profit from it are rarely the same.
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Where to buy Mister Rogers stamps The Mister Rogers Stamps will be available for purchase at any post office nationwide and on The Postal Store online.
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Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
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Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.
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Instead of streamlining, companies simply used generic headings to bucket their existing legal boilerplate.
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To work around this, LLM hackers turned to markup language, which, among other things, allows users to add formatting elements such as headings, lists, and links to text without the need for HTML tags.
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Also highlighted this year as finalists are fellow couture designer Julie de Libran as well as menswear labels EgonLab and Kartik Research.
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Netris labels its approach NAAM, for Network Automation, Abstraction, and Multi-Tenancy, and has become the platform neoclouds standardize on as the category takes shape.
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Chiefs game Swift made headlines when she was photographed sitting next to Kelce's mom, Donna, at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.
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Lamine Yamal hoovered up the headlines after making his first World Cup start in Spain’s convincing 4-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on June 21 — and with good reason.
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McDonnell, who focuses on predatory fish and impacts from climate change and fishing, typically tags fish with sensors for studies.
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Gerth gets notified every time a neighbor tags her on Facebook.
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“Captions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captions. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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