capping (off)

Definition of capping (off)next
present participle of cap (off)
as in finishing
to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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  • The school's practices allowed people to get massage therapy licenses without finishing the required training, according to TDLR.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The series is hosted by Nick Viall, a 45-year old man who starred on The Bachelor after finishing runner-up in two consecutive seasons of The Bachelorette, and his 27-year model and former surgical technologist wife Natalie Joy.
    Peter White, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
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  • But, for many American Jews, Zionism has come to represent the belief that there should be such a home—both because of the Jewish people’s ties to their ancestral land and because of the centuries of persecution that Jews endured, culminating with the Holocaust.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That quest, which put her in touch with dozens of victims, generated an award-winning series in the Miami Herald that set off a chain reaction culminating in Epstein’s 2019 arrest, Acosta’s resignation and, two years later, the sentencing of Epstein associate and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
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  • But the superalignment team was dissolved the following year, without completing its mission.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But with Kane in the penalty box, Kaprizov took a setup pass from Boldy and blasted home the game-winner, completing his sixth career regular-season three-goal game.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Capping (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capping%20%28off%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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