running head

noun

Definition of running headnext
as in heading

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  1. heading
  2. guide word
  3. header
  4. title
  5. headline
  6. caption
  7. catchword
  8. banner
Noun
  • Hopkins stays red-hot in front of goal Haley Hopkins is red-hot heading into the playoffs.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the navigation system will provide essential flight information, including the aircraft’s orientation, heading and position.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of heading
Noun
  • The Standing Rock movement’s guiding words, Mni Wiconi (water is life) meant more than clean water advocacy.
    — Natasha Lennard, Esquire, 19 Sep. 2017
Definition of guide word
Noun
  • Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon and independent progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders countered the recent onslaught of campaign advertisements against her in a double-header rally in Gainesville Sunday.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Houston pulled even four minutes into the second half on a header by Héctor Herrera for his third goal this season — with a corner-kick assist from Guilherme Santos, who has 10 of them to go along with 16 goals in his first season in the league.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of header
Noun
  • The New York Yankees become the first team in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series titles, beating the New York Mets 4-2.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • As their titles indicate, the two larger works, Le Jour and Le Nuit, are in dialogue with each other.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of title
Noun
  • The New York Times article appeared on September 24, 2025, under the headline The Billionaire, the Psychedelics and the Best-Selling Memoir.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Club name Meta Platforms , as well as SpaceX and Anthropic, are dominating the headlines on Monday with plans to raise their share of the shrinking capital pie for the next legs of their AI ambitions.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of headline
Noun
  • 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
Definition of caption
Noun
  • The catchwords seem too simple, too reductive, to speak to the nature of his expansive, unsummarizable theorizing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 May 2025
  • And there will be more games like that this season, until consistency and cohesion become reality and not just catchwords.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
Definition of catchword
Noun
  • The former hotel, which was built in 1925, closed under its last banner during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Phishing email and empty ring boxes Vardon’s article was primarily about how Knicks assistant coaches did not get rings on Tuesday when the team raised its first league championship banner since 1973.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of banner
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