as in nominal
being something in name or form only
he's the titular head of the department, though it's the assistant managers who largely run things around here
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Tom Everett Scott has joined Prime Video’s Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle, as the titular character’s father, Wyatt, our sister site Variety reports.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
The titular elephant looks fantastic and is almost unbearably adorable, and the excellent production design brings the world of the circus to haunting life.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Plot details are still scarce, but the show will follow the lives of first responders in the titular Tennessee city.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The Pittsburgh rapper’s bringing the feeling back, and even sampling the titular System of a Down banger from 2001.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
The titular elephant looks fantastic and is almost unbearably adorable, and the excellent production design brings the world of the circus to haunting life.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Plot details are still scarce, but the show will follow the lives of first responders in the titular Tennessee city.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
The Pittsburgh rapper’s bringing the feeling back, and even sampling the titular System of a Down banger from 2001.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Titular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titular. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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