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capper

noun

ˈka-pər

Definition of capper

as in ending

the last part of a process or action the capper to the campaign rally was an appearance by the candidate himself

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as in clincher

something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming she was smart, she was pretty, but here's the capper—she was kind, unlike the other girls

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Recent Examples of capper This time — in his first victory since then — Clark closed with four birdies over five holes, including that short capper at 18. — CBS News, 25 May 2026 Lee’s mad dash was the rarest of quetzal feathers in an otherwise drab capper to the four-game series. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026 The skit, eh, sketch, gets a capper when Brennan returns to announce the arrival of an even bigger Someone Big. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 That game was the capper to the big weekend that might have decided the rookie race. — Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capper

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Noun

This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Club Kid takes some surprising turns on the way to its delicately shaded ending.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of ending

Noun

Emanuel Rodriguez, Edgard Junez, Miguel Diaz and Jerry Hernandez converted penalty kicks, with Hernandez delivering the clincher before running over to celebrate with East Aurora’s fans.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
She was named Finals MVP after scoring 30 points, including 28 in the second half, and blocking four shots in the clincher.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of clincher

Noun

That requires testing whether signals have predictive value, examining them together and avoiding automatic conclusions about individual behaviors.

— Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of conclusion

Noun

The video featured resistance training combos, like squats paired with overhead dumbbell presses, and another including skull crushers with a barbell and reverse crunches.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Qatar did the same for reckless driving two years ago, feeding a Toyota Supra into a car crusher after its driver was filmed doing donuts on a highway.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of crusher

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Former Sounders midfielder Nico Lodeiro holds the record for a regular-season finale, scoring in 24 seconds for Seattle in 2022.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Liufau is slated to make his season debut on Sunday against the Colts after fracturing his forearm in the team’s preseason finale.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of finale

Noun

To keep things cozy, Singapore Airlines will also provide 100 percent cotton bed linens, a duvet, and a new mattress topper by German luxury bedding pro Paradies.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
Once the reception began, her lace topper was replaced with a feather boa to spice up the look.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of topper

Noun

There was D’Agostino’s Villa Nova, a beloved white-tablecloth Italian place that was near the end of its life cycle when Joseph showed up.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Defensive end Austin Booker swatted a pass by Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, and Lynch came down with the football for his first career pick.

— Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of end

Noun

However, the researchers propose that nuclear reaction rates and the neutron’s decay rate slow by the same factor, preserving their relationship with the expansion rate.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Angela Gonzales-Torres, a fellow Democrat who started her campaign to unseat Gomez long before the ethics inquiry, said the controversy surrounding the congressman became an important factor for voters in the closing stretch.

— Anna Liss-Roy, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

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