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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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One Instagram Reel shows a film crew capturing a giant wave flattening a model city with the caption, “No CGI. No compositing. Just a hand-built miniature Miami and a 40-foot wave tank.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The caption of the video, which was posted on the company’s social media pages, read: “Behold, the Nikola One in motion.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The caption reads: "Leo's miraculous speed of recovery".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“A big hug to all the friends, neighbors, teachers, and people who have made it such a wonderful place to raise our family,” she wrote in an Instagram caption.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Annie would simply write a caption on the back.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Companies usually send him weekly briefings with assigned scripts, visual “hooks” to grab viewers’ attention, and captions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Having previously established contacts within the universe of Insta meme-makers, I messaged a few sloppypasta enthusiasts to see whether they might be willing to speak to their use of these captions.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The montage, with no commentary or explanatory captions, showed off improved graphics, detailed environments and a selection of car-chases and shoot-outs from the sequel.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Others came up with captions including "Don't Look Up," a reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo Di Caprio parodying societal apathy to the climate crisis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

He slammed the magazine down and glared at it as I said of course I knew he was the youngest, and the magazine did the captions, not me.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“I haven’t read a review of anything aimed at me or my peers in 15 years,” Waititi captioned the post.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

“My life was immeasurably changed for the better by having met Eric Bauza in 2003,” Gutierrez captioned a photo of Bauza posing with a cardboard cutout of his “El Tigre” character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Thank you so much to everyone here who I connected with for this piece, and who shared great resources,” I captioned the post.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

The front page of the Times carries a photo of Earl Spencer, captioned "I don't hear denial from the King".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In the Renaissance book of acting, this grimace of a smile might be captioned, The lady is caught in a smile she cannot escape.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Lily Tomlin, Parton's co-star in the 1980 film "9 to 5" posted a black and white picture of the two of them decades earlier, captioning it simply: "No words".

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The book’s captioning about the white organdy costume Graham designed for herself, currently displayed in the library, notes that its inspiration was the “night-blooming Cereus” flower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

While the initial live broadcast will use SDR quality with live captioning, a higher quality picture plus sweetened sounds and subtitles will be delivered when the on-demand version hits Netflix for rewatching.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

“Next chapter, motherhood,” the 2012 Miss Universe wrote on social media, captioning two photos of herself sitting and cradling her growing belly in a flowing white gown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

I consider captioning it with #EndDay, but I don’t need fake sympathetic “oh no, R.I.P!!!!” comments or trolls telling me to “Rest in Pieces!!!!”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera


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