as in pills
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 hats
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 limits
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 restricts
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 caps
Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Removable end caps allow for easy removal and installation, without disassembling the entire heavy-duty system.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
Hat trick's special place in hockey In hockey, a hat trick not only refers to scoring three goals or more in a single game, but it's often followed by spectators hurling their beanies, caps and other headwear onto the rink.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
The income caps would be $70,960 for individuals and $81,040 for two people.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Then, a crowd of fans — many in flannel shirts and ski caps despite an unseasonably warm February night outside — took him in politely, if a little detached.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Remove caps; scrape out pepper seeds.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Reductions are extremely desirable, as are firm caps on total numbers, but efforts to outlaw all nuclear weapons are fundamentally flawed.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, state Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) introduced a new bill, the California Fans First Act, that would impose price caps on tickets sold in the resale market, limiting prices to no more than 10% above the ticket’s face value.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Adding a championship to his resume caps the greatest individual season in Seahawks history.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The last-minute entry caps a chaotic week of candidate withdrawals, and Bass facing mounting criticism over the city’s Palisades fire response.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Over time, that friction caps growth.
—David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Laya Neelakandan and Alex Sherman While the NFL season caps off with the Super Bowl on Sunday, the action won't stop there.
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Now, as part of the unofficial SportsCon of Super Bowl week, the Pro Bowl caps a daylong celebration of flag football that includes the championship game for the under-13 international coed teams, and a showcase game featuring the 32 best girls high school flag players.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
This rhetorical tour de force caps extensive diplomatic activity over the past year.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The arrest caps an investigation into the killing of Daylon Fleitas Gonzalez, who disappeared in early August 2025 after meeting with Carballo Gonzalez in Medley, Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
Shares plunged last week as more than $1 trillion was wiped from the market caps of Big Tech companies amid concerns over the scale of AI spending and questions over returns.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Removable end caps allow for easy removal and installation, without disassembling the entire heavy-duty system.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
Hat trick's special place in hockey In hockey, a hat trick not only refers to scoring three goals or more in a single game, but it's often followed by spectators hurling their beanies, caps and other headwear onto the rink.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
The income caps would be $70,960 for individuals and $81,040 for two people.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Then, a crowd of fans — many in flannel shirts and ski caps despite an unseasonably warm February night outside — took him in politely, if a little detached.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
Remove caps; scrape out pepper seeds.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Reductions are extremely desirable, as are firm caps on total numbers, but efforts to outlaw all nuclear weapons are fundamentally flawed.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
On Thursday, state Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) introduced a new bill, the California Fans First Act, that would impose price caps on tickets sold in the resale market, limiting prices to no more than 10% above the ticket’s face value.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
The organization also advocates for a percentage-of-income payment program, which caps household energy bills at 6% of monthly income.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Adding a championship to his resume caps the greatest individual season in Seahawks history.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The last-minute entry caps a chaotic week of candidate withdrawals, and Bass facing mounting criticism over the city’s Palisades fire response.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Over time, that friction caps growth.
—David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Laya Neelakandan and Alex Sherman While the NFL season caps off with the Super Bowl on Sunday, the action won't stop there.
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Now, as part of the unofficial SportsCon of Super Bowl week, the Pro Bowl caps a daylong celebration of flag football that includes the championship game for the under-13 international coed teams, and a showcase game featuring the 32 best girls high school flag players.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
This rhetorical tour de force caps extensive diplomatic activity over the past year.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The arrest caps an investigation into the killing of Daylon Fleitas Gonzalez, who disappeared in early August 2025 after meeting with Carballo Gonzalez in Medley, Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caps
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The Mediterranean diet limits dairy (along with poultry and eggs) to one serving a day.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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In contrast to conventional recycling, which weakens fibers and limits how they can be reused, Uplift360’s non-degenerative method produces material that can go straight back into high-performance supply chains.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Protesters have urged local officers to limit cooperation with ICE as much as possible, while Davis has said state law restricts the department’s discretion.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance last October that restricts the use of these zones for federal immigration enforcement.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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