as in limiting
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 capping
In what has been a whirlwind year for the Hoosiers athletic department, capping off the historic season in the nation's capital is the latest stop for head coach Curt Cignetti.
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Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Wade Boggs still has, and may always have, the biggest personal milestone hit by a player in a Rays uniform, capping his Cooperstown-worthy career with his 3,000th hit — a home run, at that – in an August 1999 game at Tropicana Field.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2026
And as this page also has noted, if fuel prices stay high, the FAA plan for capping O’Hare flights this summer could be mostly moot.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
The Biden administration had proposed a rule that would require the installation of devices to limit the speed of trucks, capping it as low as 60 miles per hour.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
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Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Wade Boggs still has, and may always have, the biggest personal milestone hit by a player in a Rays uniform, capping his Cooperstown-worthy career with his 3,000th hit — a home run, at that – in an August 1999 game at Tropicana Field.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2026
And as this page also has noted, if fuel prices stay high, the FAA plan for capping O’Hare flights this summer could be mostly moot.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
The Biden administration had proposed a rule that would require the installation of devices to limit the speed of trucks, capping it as low as 60 miles per hour.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capping
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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The problem is that all the various strands — the parallel tales — dilute our access to the characters, limiting their dimensions.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The United States has already demonstrated this with export controls on advanced chips, restricting which nations can develop certain AI capabilities.—
David Liberman,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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The feature, introduced in late 2025, prevents mobile networks from pinpointing exact street addresses, instead restricting location data to a broader neighborhood.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Capping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capping. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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