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as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week
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as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now
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as in summary
a short statement of the main points
capsules of the day's major news stories appear on the paper's second page
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as in concise
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
capsule reviews of the latest offerings at the multiplex
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as in to compress
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers
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Recent Examples of capsule
Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Next, Louis Vuitton’s Mens Spring 2025 capsule collection, inspired by Synaesthesia, is now available.
—Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2025
The wide receiver and 12-year NFL veteran is a king of tunnel fits with a lifelong love of fashion that has placed him on fashion show runways and led to a new 60-piece capsule collection with BoohooMAN.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Some of the powders contain more calories and sugar than the capsules.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Next, Louis Vuitton’s Mens Spring 2025 capsule collection, inspired by Synaesthesia, is now available.
—Essence, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Designed to reduce textile waste within the clothing industry, the capsule collection consists of three popular Seasalt silhouettes, including cropped jeans, a pinafore dress and a workwear style jacket modeled after Seasalt’s best-selling Reading Rocks jacket.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2025
The wide receiver and 12-year NFL veteran is a king of tunnel fits with a lifelong love of fashion that has placed him on fashion show runways and led to a new 60-piece capsule collection with BoohooMAN.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsule
Noun
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Such medicines are more complicated than pills and capsules picked up at the corner drugstore and often require specialized administration, refrigeration, packaging and patient instructions.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Whether the pills or other drugs were a factor won't be known until toxicology tests are completed in the coming weeks.—
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Columbia River Knife & Tool (CRKT) has bravely taken one of its most unique folding knife designs and adapted it into a sleek, compact axe that packs safely without a sheath and flips into full-on chopping mode in milliseconds.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Feb. 2025
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Amid the investigation, trace amounts of DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the 2022 murders in Moscow, Idaho, did not show up in law enforcement CODIS databases.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The military released only a summary of the report and military officials outlined its findings.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Agencies will still be allowed to offer documents and services in languages other than English, according to a White House summary of the order seen by The Wall Street Journal.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In this comprehensive yet concise history of modern polar exploration, Shubin, a professor of evolutionary biology, mixes urgent scientific findings about glaciers and sea-level rise with prescient geopolitical histories of Arctic territorial disputes.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Her offbeat style and charming eccentricity informed the concise lineup in which high and low were intentionally merged.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Short bursts around the black hole are likely caused by disturbances in the disk—compressing plasma to produce a temporary flash of radiation.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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In court, his lawyers argued that officers compressed his chest with their body weight, leading him to asphyxiate.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The iPad Air was sitting further back in the hardware stakes, with 2022's Apple Silicon M2 at the heart of the tablet.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Anyone can download the app onto a personal device or check out a Shawnee Town tablet.—
Beth Lipoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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Officers detained one person at the scene, and investigators found some bullet casings possibly connected to the shooting in the area, Steinbroner said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Built into the casing of the screen are two small speakers with an output of 3W per channel that’s useful for playing alerts but not strong enough to play music well.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Mohan and adapting screenwriter Nikita Lalwani take the sturdy outline of the film’s predecessor and tweak little details to add a more potent punch.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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By December 2024, the outlines of Rwanda’s larger project were becoming clearer.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Capsule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsule. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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