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[kap-shuhn] / ˈkæp ʃən /
NOUN
heading; short description
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“I made it yall,” Harrison wrote in the caption of a TikTok video showing the CBS LA piece about the pig.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

In the caption of the post, she wrote that although she’d kept the news to herself for various reasons, she wanted to share her diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“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

Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw on Instagram with the caption "city is not safe".

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

There was a caption under Sissy’s picture: “Widow of heroic fire fighter.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

Kenyan and Ghanaian social media accounts re-uploaded clips, some including explicit captions in local languages in an apparent effort to drive traffic to their profiles.

From BBC Mar. 27, 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

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

“The movement has begun,” Greene captioned the picture.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

On Monday night, the former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, posted a picture on X of him having a beer, external, captioned "thank you and good night. See you September".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

“Thankful for each and every nurse and doctor along our journey who helped us get through and out the other end,” she captioned the video.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

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

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

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

"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

Disney also offers sign language interpreters, wheelchair and scooter rentals, assistive handheld captioning and video captioning on some rides, and dialogue and narration of scripts on others.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 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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