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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
Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
This is the 10th season since UConn's sixth and last undefeated national title in 2016, a 38-0 team with a roster of eight future pros that included four-time champions Stewart and Moriah Jefferson in their senior seasons when Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson were freshmen.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Last year, British electronic producer Actress and modular synthesis pioneer Suzanne Ciani performed an improvised piece titled Concrète Waves at the Barbican in London and Barcelona’s Sónar Festival.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Not a lot of sports stuff there just yet, but Georgia fans might be interested in this Mike Luckovich mug featuring a title-winning Bulldog eating an elephant.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026
This is the 10th season since UConn's sixth and last undefeated national title in 2016, a 38-0 team with a roster of eight future pros that included four-time champions Stewart and Moriah Jefferson in their senior seasons when Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson were freshmen.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
Now, Rojeck has published his second book, titled Wealth -Strategies to Grow and Protect What Matters.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Last year, British electronic producer Actress and modular synthesis pioneer Suzanne Ciani performed an improvised piece titled Concrète Waves at the Barbican in London and Barcelona’s Sónar Festival.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
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That rare moniker is earned only when audiences track and fuel a film’s cultural staying power over time.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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Despite the moniker, the silvery orb will appear in its usual brilliant gray hue.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Adding to the joke is the caption accompanying the video, which points out the irony of the situation.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Presented with open audio description and open captions.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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Arms were folded, faces stunned by, and a feeling of defeat—that's what was left as the road to the championship came to a halt with the Fighting Illini losing to the UConn Huskies.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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But the Current failed to win a championship.—
PJ Green
April 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Adebayo named a finalist The NBA announced Tuesday that Adebayo is one of six finalists for the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), the organization that determines global standards for health terms, receives up to 2,000 requests to amend nomenclature every year, either from individual members or groups.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
1 Apr. 2026
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Apart from achieving popular success by bringing botany to the people, Lamarck’s major purpose in French Flora was to exploit what seemed to be a little opening in the field of botany in the form of a rift among botanists regarding nomenclature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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His comeback concert follows years of headline-grabbing controversies, mental health struggles, and his public apology in a Wall Street Journal ad this past January for his antisemitic remarks.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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This presidential pooch was far from the first executive animal to make headlines, though.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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At the Farm graduation ceremony, envelopes labelled with the first name and last initial of each new officer were placed on a large table.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Otherwise, you might be labeled a no-show (and the airline could cancel your entire itinerary).—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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The sweeping structures bear a striking resemblance to the sensory organs sported by members of the insect world, which eventually granted them the nickname of the Antennae Galaxies.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Barn is also a nickname for a house Ciani used to have in Boulder.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Title.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/title. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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