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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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“Gen X: We straight up raised ourselves,” reads the caption on one popular internet meme, a photo of an unhelmeted child on a rickety-looking bicycle popping a wheelie.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

On Tuesday morning, Beer posted several photos of the two of them together, along with a caption that provided a significant relationship status update.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Elsewhere, Burnham is captured standing side-by-side with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Portsmouth on Monday, under the caption "Brothers in arms".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The reel he posted later showed white smoke drifting across the street beneath a simple caption: "Delhi Police doesn't realise I'm from Jamuna Paar."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The caption under the picture says: Elected by the people, unpaid for their services, and open to public criticism, board members must make the tough decisions.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

The company is betting that the generation raised on a diet of YouTube channels and Instagram captions will also embrace the novel’s shorter sibling.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Sports reporting could be generated from box scores, financial reporting from ticker data and movie reviews from captions.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

They added they trusted their audience to use "common sense" but indicated the videos were fake in their captions.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

I stared, trying to grasp the point of the picture and the captions, wondering why it all seemed so strange and yet familiar.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

“Every single day you are pushed to your absolute physical and mental limits to master the profession of arms,” he said in a video, captioned “The High-T Department of War,” announcing the initiative.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Madonna captioned a photo, "If your dance floor feels dead, maybe you're playing the wrong music."

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

On Tumblr, I captioned the picture: “The Khalil I know was afraid of animals.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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

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 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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