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caption

[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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“The last eleven years have had their ups and downs, as life does, but above all, they have been filled with immense love, laughter, dogs, and travel,” Vera wrote in her Instagram caption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

“You losing a debate, so you gotta hit the Cliffe Knechtle stances,” the caption on one video reads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Chad and Rob’s father, Chuck, shared a photo of his granddaughter on Instagram after her death was announced, per People, with the caption, “Rest in peace sweet Fiona.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

I remembered the huge black question mark above the caption “Where is Nwankiti?”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I have to put the closed captions on so I can see what’s happening on the screen,” the 53-year-old realtor and attorney said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The captions aren’t meant to be read by users, exactly, but instead picked up by keyword-trained algorithms that surface the post on your feed.

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

It also had beautiful illustrations and captions that tried to capture what it meant to be a Pepette.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

In August, she posted a series of photos posing on a Kawasaki motorcycle captioned “just a lil biker action this past weekend.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

On Wednesday, Crowley posted a chummy-looking photo of a breakfast meeting that included Hong and was captioned “Wisconsin Democrats are united.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

He also posted a photo, captioned “Vandalism,” that he said showed graffiti and damage to the Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

At the time of their engagement, Gomez shared the news on Instagram, captioning a series of photos of her ring with the words, “forever begins now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025

This may be an effort to mitigate the audience’s urge to divide attention between second screens or to capitalize on the mainstreaming of closed captioning in streaming content.

From Salon ● Jan. 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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