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[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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“First drafts DONE,” she wrote in the caption.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

"The French correction" is the Metro's headline, embedding a picture showing a row of Paris riot cops next to the caption "Formez vos batallions".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

“There are no words to describe this feeling once again. What a blessing,” Cuoco wrote in her emoji-filled caption accompanying a slideshow of photos introducing their new baby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The caption said the boy's name was Emmett Till.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

The central frieze’s action is explicated by Latin captions and framed by upper and lower borders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

And, yes, lengthy, instructive captions and special hashtags still help boost posts.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

One of the captions reads: "She was loved. She wanted to live. She should still be here."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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

“This is what they stole from us,” Musk captioned the computer-generated photo of his sci-fi fan fiction.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Stewart had captioned her original Instagram photo: "My QVC candles are perfect for Halloween!!!"

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Last few months…. 10000000000/10,” she captioned an Instagram carousel of photos in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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 Post-Intelligencer ran it under a picture of Joe captioned “Joe Rantz, The Eating Champion.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

“Such information must be provided not only through captioning but also in American Sign Language.”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2025

Two weeks ago, Delaney published a tight close-up photo of herself and Morgan with their faces nearly touching, captioning it “Pure love” with a red heart emoji and the hashtags #lucky and #grateful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 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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