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cap (off)

verb

Definition of cap (off)

as in to finish

to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Tools can also summarize meeting transcripts, identify follow-up tasks and prepare customer relationship management (CRM) updates before a salesperson finishes their next meeting.

— Don Markland, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of finish

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Landry was crowned Miss USA in 1996, taking on the crown from predecessor Shanna Moakler.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
Here the part of Mark Antony was played by a European journalist, who with the session’s first question attempted to crown Malkovich with an Oscar winner’s laurels six months ahead of schedule.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of crown

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There are already rumors of the Senate breaking for campaign season early, but Republican leadership still wants to confirm nominees and complete some regulatory rollbacks.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
So the first question was whether a single party should ever hold a complete key, and therefore complete control over a client’s assets.

— Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of complete

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Your essay concludes with a reflection on the financial difficulties that come with working in print journalism.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
German officials said police findings, intelligence information and the methods used in the attack led Berlin to conclude Russia was responsible.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of conclude

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The defensive tackles were pushed around early, but the line got stronger as the game went on, culminating in the goal-line stand in the third quarter that pretty much had the Rams packing up for a long flight home.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The Shiji associates Sun Tzu with Wu’s campaigns against its powerful rival Chu, including the campaign that culminated in the capture of the Chu capital, Ying, in 506 bce.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

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