strapline

British

/ ˈstræpˌlaɪn /

noun

a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement

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strapline

Porsche’s new Cayenne Turbo Electric swings a mighty strapline: Behold, the most powerful production Porsche ever built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

A strapline underneath a smiling picture of Schumacher read "it sounded deceptively real", and it emerged in the article that the supposed quotes had been produced by AI.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023

In fairness, “be invincible” is a good strapline for an apparently unkillable brand like BlackBerry.

From The Verge ● Aug. 19, 2020

With these words, Universal sent its first trailer for Cats out into the Twitterverse – and if a cagier strapline has appeared in modern movie marketing, nothing comes immediately to mind.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2019

"What's wrong with these moments?" read the strapline.

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