How to Use capping in a Sentence
capping
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Cash users will not benefit from fare capping as there is no way to track the purchase.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
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There was a strong capping inversion in place — a layer of warm air in place about a mile above the ground.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
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If color drenching felt too intense for your space, color capping may be the paint trend for you.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
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Thompson was fouled making the steal, then made two more free throws before his game-capping breakaway dunk.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2022
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Lafferty said the county is now working to assess which wells are most in need of capping.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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This black ale manages to be dark but not bitter, thanks to a German technique called mash capping.
—Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2019
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Due to fare capping, daily, weekly or monthly passes will no longer exist.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
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Weight maximums vary among models, with some capping at 220 pounds.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
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Debit and credit card users will also benefit from fare capping.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
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The grandparents of 11 trudged through 5 feet of white-capping water.
—Janine Zeitlin, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
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Schiphol capping flights, and even suggesting the customers don't check bags when connecting.
—Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 25 July 2022
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The researchers tried this and coined the technique as activation capping.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Tap-to-pay customers will be eligible for daily fare capping.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
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National City may adopt a law next month capping rent increases at mobile home parks.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
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Color capping involves painting a room in different shades of the same color.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
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Other cities are considering capping fees, at least until the health crisis ends.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Jan. 2022
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Every chemotherapy infusion day is a long one because of cold capping.
—Dru Armstrong, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Dozens and dozens of hours of cold capping helped Emily keep her hair throughout 12 rounds of chemotherapy.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Thompson was fouled making the steal, then hit two more free throws before a game-capping breakaway dunk after Baylor missed its last shot.
—Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 Jan. 2022
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The package included rent waivers, new exploration incentives and the capping and waiving of charges and fees.
—CNN, 24 Sep. 2020
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Furthermore, without frequency capping, consumers may get the same messages again and again.
—Kenneth Suh, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
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The company cites a bottleneck in the bottling, capping and labeling process.
—Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
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Dutcher pointed to a conference-capping win last season at Nevada.
—Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
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Eventually, the app and smart cards will also offer fare capping, to prevent riders from paying above the cost of an all-day or monthly pass.
—Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022
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This is rich, coming from the Global Warming capo on the left, he who relishes rhetorical knee-capping.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2011
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So, what exactly is color capping, and how can it be effectively used in interior design?
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
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California law bans a practice known as capping, in which non-attorneys solicit clients to join litigation with a firm.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Moderna has been ramping up production of its vaccine, but the process of filling, capping and labeling millions of tiny vials has emerged as a roadblock.
—Noah Weiland, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2021
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The contracts are designed to protect the state if Nordaq doesn't properly plug and abandon the wells within a year and the state is forced to pay for their capping and cleanup.
—Alex Demarban, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 July 2017
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Worried about losing her hair, Ashley decided to try cold capping, a type of therapy to reduce hair loss caused by chemotherapy.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
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