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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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The photos resurfaced two years ago, when Yamal’s father posted it online with the caption “The beginning of two legends.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

On Thursday, the White House posted an AI-generated picture of a Blue Angel jet over a beach with people calmly looking skyward with the caption “It’s okay to love America.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Then the rapper Drake visited Chicago in the summer of 2023 and posted a photo of a bottle of the spirit on Instagram with the caption: “There’s no way Chicago enjoys this…”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

She shared photos from their dreamy garden proposal with the caption: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Annie would simply write a caption on the back.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Wormald often shared photos of Bennett on his Instagram with loving captions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Some videos make it onto Brovdi's social media accounts -- where he is followed by hundreds of thousands -- with cartoony music and mocking captions.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Lines of dialogue are followed by explanatory glosses, like the captions beneath photographs, so that they cannot be misinterpreted.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

The hook, "you can use my lyrics as your captions", is a delectably scathing riposte to a musician who sniped her style.

From BBC Apr. 28, 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

The Instagram story of the two sharing their engagement was captioned: “The future Kessler’s. Let’s get y’all married!!!”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Swift and Kelce announced their engagement last August in an Instagram post captioned, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

“Looks like Phoenix is moving into the doggy mansion #CutesieCrew #SlivingMom,” Hilton captioned the post.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

In December, she posted a TikTok showing off an oversize crew neck and pajama-like black trousers, playfully captioned “putting the casual in business casual.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

And here was a yellowing newspaper with a picture of Lina Lovat6n captioned with a poem by Trujillo.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

"Closed captioning is not just a workaround; it's a method of preserving the integrity of both visual and auditory storytelling for diverse audiences," says Prof Alexander.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

“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 wait until my parents are in the den watching Saturday morning news—which is totally boring and has the worst closed captioning, by the way—and I snatch one of the bowls in a big hurry.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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