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running text

noun

Definition of running text

: the main text of a document : text in the form of sentences or paragraphs as distinguished from captions, titles, lists, etc. a rare word found in lexicons but not in running text This figure (3a) has a weakly informative caption, as we have discussed, so the running text needs to be looked at closely.— James A. Fay, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 1994

First Known Use of running text

1724, in the meaning defined above

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