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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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The caption said her candle collection on QVC was “perfect for Halloween.”

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

“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

Everton ended up re-posting the clip from his vlog on their own feed, external, with the caption "emotional resilience".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

"One of those names appears in a caption as Violet Westing's escort: George Theodorakis."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

A video showing two women pulling each other's hair was widely shared, with captions suggesting that this is what parliamentary disagreements between El Mansouri and her colleagues might look like.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

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

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 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

“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 country star shared his diagnosis in a video posted Tuesday to Instagram captioned “A little health update.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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

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

Lee’s close friend Marina Hollyer announced the engagement news Wednesday on her Instagram stories, captioning a photo of the newly betrothed pair with the caption: “My best friend in the world just got engaged.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

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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