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[suhb-tahyt-l] / ˈsʌbˌtaɪt l /






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The deadly clashes seem anticlimactic, as the subtitle foretells who vanquished whom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It is an impressive undertaking to circumnavigate the globe, even if, as the book’s subtitle concedes, Ms. Brauer’s challenge is “Sailing Solo but Not Alone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Large language models can spew Mississippi Rivers of data and text, but they struggle to write a log line for a 120-page screenplay, a subtitle for a book, or a few lines of poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Do you hope that people will adopt it rather than using the other terms that make up the subtitle of your book?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

For several years the National Reformer bore the subtitle of "Secular Advocate."

From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by George Jacob Holyoake

To guide workers through monotonous tasks at the caviar facility, the company uses animated training videos with Korean subtitles, the executive said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The biggest gift of the streaming revolution is subtitles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

She watched it in Teochew with subtitles, she says, as she would any foreign film.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

The film had subtitles and a complicated “eat the rich” subtext.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Nah. Not really. I don't care if I have to think real hard. No subtitles though. Can stay home to read."

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson

Emmanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish mystic born in 1688, wasn’t being metaphorical when he subtitled his otherworldly narrative “From Things Heard and Seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

It’s not accidental that one sequel is subtitled “The Rage.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Grantham recounts them in The Making of a Permabear, written with Edward Chancellor and subtitled The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-Term World.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Both films are subtitled and in American Sign Language, turning the table on hearing viewers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Some of the street signs are subtitled in Chinese, mul- ticulturalism on the march, others have Fashion District underneath the names.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

And in motivated readers, subtitling works in tandem with reading to enhance vocabulary and literacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

Ofcom found that Channel 4's ability to respond to the technology failure at Red Bee was not sufficiently resilient, with its back-up subtitling system failing.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022

Additionally, casting Latino actors as Latino characters “goes hand-in-hand with my reasoning for not subtitling the Spanish,” Spielberg told IGN.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

Ms. Chu said her strategy centered on subtitling English-language content for global distribution and creating or adapting region-specific content that could have broader appeal.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

When it comes to translating films and series, subtitling and dubbing are the most common forms of translation.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021


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