running text

American

noun

the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc.

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running text

You can watch the live stream on the BBC News website, which will also host running text commentary from the ceremony.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

I have a running text thread with two friends about the game, and I have a couple more I message.

From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2019

But at a minimum, he says, the designer might have avoided running text up the side of the building, thus calling even more attention to it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2013

Every page is a running text to the hour I glorify.

From In the Footprints of the Padres by Charles Warren Stoddard

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