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running title

noun

Definition of running title

: the title or abbreviated title of a volume printed at the top of left-hand text pages or sometimes of all text pages

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 Thanks to the Capitals, Detroit has now moved up the list of cities with the longest-running title droughts. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Where Detroit ranks among longest championship droughts," 8 June 2018 Yet for many customers, those exclusive, limited-run titles are a central part of Record Store Day’s draw. — Terence Cawley, BostonGlobe.com, "It’s the vinyl countdown to Record Store Day," 18 Apr. 2018 Another possibility: Khris Davis of the Homeless A’s wins the MLB home-run title with a tidy 50 jacks and inspires the A’s to become contenders, thus making Davis an MVP candidate. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, "Could the Bay Area have the Heisman winner and multiple MVPs this year?," 18 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of running title

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

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