capitulated

past tense of capitulate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of capitulated Rather than spending millions in a relentless quest to solve the problems wrought by Coors Field, the Rockies appear to have capitulated to its whims. Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 General Mills capitulated and brought back the original Trix, artificial dyes and all. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025 Trump, who has sometimes seemed conflicted about the anti-vax sentiment in his coalition that prevents him from claiming more credit for Operation Warp Speed, has thoroughly capitulated to the political reality that Kennedy is a useful ally. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025 In the final vote, all 73 Center Party parliamentarians capitulated, justifying their surrender as a necessary evil to save the party. Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025 So far, Harvard hasn’t capitulated. Amy O’Kruk, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025 Unfortunately, without the threat of relegation, some teams (and some owners) have capitulated completely on their teams (and perhaps the MLP concept). Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 The Fed Chair at the time capitulated, a move that helped trigger the decade’s hyperinflation. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025 In his first five episodes, Newsom has mostly capitulated to right-wing guests, agreeing with them on issues such as trans women competing in sports and the vilification of white men. David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulated
Verb
  • Today that speech is widely seen as the setup for the historic market collapse of 2000 in which many hot new internet companies succumbed.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There have been moments where Marr and Morrissey nearly succumbed to the pressure.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reliever Luke Weaver walked the free-swinging Ceddanne Rafaela, gave up a hustle double to Nick Sogard, then surrendered the go-ahead two-run single to pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida that ultimately proved to be the deciding blow.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the eighth-fewest surrendered in a game during the Campbell era.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Across nine competitive matches this season, Arsenal have conceded just three goals.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • However, de Apziazu conceded streamers’ ambition and budgets are still leading to market-leading productions, even if fewer of them are made.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The apartment building will contain 14 one-bedroom and 10 two-bedroom units, according to an application the developer submitted to the city earlier this week.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Once again this year, fourth grade teachers around the county turned their classrooms into recording studios, and their students submitted outstanding stories, interviews and commentaries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.
    Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
    Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Elllington, surprised, half-bowed back.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Capitulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulated. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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