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
Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
However, if the Dodgers do win this series, it will likely be used as an argument to implement a salary cap during the upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Most notably, the organization is advocating for policy to cap fees at 15 percent of a ticket’s face value, as well as rent stabilization for concert venues to help bring down the cost of venues’ expenses.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Darius Slay was an expected cap casualty.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
However, if the Dodgers do win this series, it will likely be used as an argument to implement a salary cap during the upcoming collective bargaining agreement negotiations.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
After intervention from the Missouri State Tax Commission, the county capped all increases to residential property valuations at 15% this year, but no similar limits were set for businesses.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Most notably, the organization is advocating for policy to cap fees at 15 percent of a ticket’s face value, as well as rent stabilization for concert venues to help bring down the cost of venues’ expenses.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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Lyra’s existence pushes back against the moral absolutes and gendered expectations that define her world and seek to limit her agency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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This helps limit what hackers and AI scrapers can learn about you online.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of experts met at a two-day conference on engineering and safeguarding synthetic life in Manchester, UK, in September to discuss where red lines should be drawn to restrict research into technologies that could enable the creation of mirror organisms.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Meta announced that teen accounts on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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