as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
From there, a player’s equity interest could be treated the same as salary or a signing bonus for salary cap purposes.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Laura Schober, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Bear in mind, though, that rolling a short call to a lower strike if and as a stock declines will cap potential gains if the stock rebounds, and an investor should weigh those tradeoffs carefully.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
One way to skirt the Magnificent Seven is to invest in small-cap stocks, which are shares in smaller companies.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
From there, a player’s equity interest could be treated the same as salary or a signing bonus for salary cap purposes.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Experts recommend capping your caffeine intake at 400 milligrams a day.
—Laura Schober, Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Bear in mind, though, that rolling a short call to a lower strike if and as a stock declines will cap potential gains if the stock rebounds, and an investor should weigh those tradeoffs carefully.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
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However, their use has been limited by safety concerns.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Austria's Tyrol province limits truck transit on certain days to reduce congestion and environmental impact, a policy that has sparked disputes with Italy.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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But McTavish joined New Jersey Devils defenseman Luke Hughes as the only high-profile restricted free agents to have reached the opening of training camp sans contract extension.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The other 47 carries resulted in either no gain or positive yards, which enables Shanahan to stay out of the third-and-long situations that restrict play-calling.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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