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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert Matthew Van Winkle, said: "This is not a political platform. This is celebrating America's birthday," in a caption to a video post on his Instagram account.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

A typo in a caption in our last issue incorrectly spelled his name as George de La Tour.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But to know that, you’d have to know that, do a web search, or read the comments, because there was no caption on the post.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Yet their meanings can be altered simply by changing context or editing a caption.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

One week after that ceremony in Rochester, New York, Time appeared on the stands with Ernests bright blue eyes staring out from the front cover over the caption “He creates and destroys.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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