capped (off)

past tense of cap (off)
as in finished
to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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  • Barkov, just nine months removed from surgery, finished the tournament leading Finland with 11 points (three goals, eight assists) over 10 games.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Both those stages had a similar profile to this race, while Healy also finished an impressive third at last year’s edition in Rwanda.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • The Navy confirmed that the carrier had completed the work and returned to the fleet in September 2026.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • With the film grossing more than $350 million worldwide, the duo recently completed the script for a sequel.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • The political climate that culminated in the 1940 Constitution was embraced by much of Cuba’s artistic and intellectual community as part of a broader quest for democracy and modernization.
    Dennys Matos, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The drive culminated with Mahomes’ 13-yard touchdown pass to Rice.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • Its new Detroit-style pizza, a customizable slab for one, has been crowned the Domino, the first pie in the chain’s 65-year history to assume the company name.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And right after the Chiefs were crowned Super Bowl champs, the family of four visited Disneyland and posed for this classic shot in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Independent analysis has concluded that recent Russian elections — including the 2024 presidential contest, in which officials said Putin secured more than 87 percent of the vote — were fraudulent.
    Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes.
    Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
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“Capped (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capped%20%28off%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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