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cutline

noun

ˈkət-ˌlīn

Definition of cutline

as in caption

an explanation or description accompanying a pictorial illustration the cutline wrongly identified the people in the photo

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Recent Examples of cutline And three of them — Laurie Canter, Peter Uihlein and Caleb Surratt — just barely made it after finishing right on the cutline at 4 over. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 20 June 2026 After just making the cut on the cutline, Charley Hull went out well before the leaders Saturday with the mindset to stop overthinking things and simply go out and play. — Bob Buttitta, Daily News, 7 June 2026 San Diego’s two golf teams in NCAA tournaments played better Tuesday, but continued to be below the cutline entering Wednesday’s final qualifying rounds. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 And yet, heading into this weekend, the Red Sox sat only one game below the playoff cutline. — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cutline

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caption

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The caption accompanied an aerial image of the group as seen on KTLA.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The bulk of the population actually engages in a rather high volume of daily digital reading--captions, emails, text and chat messages, news feeds, search results, etc.

— Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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