as in pills
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hats
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limits
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in restricts
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 caps
FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Players whose teams wore Pride Night caps had the option to wear their everyday, non-rainbow hats.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Major League Baseball's warning to several San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps is fueling online debate about the limits of free expression in professional baseball.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 19 June 2026
There are caps when drafted, required waiting periods to enter free agency and short careers.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 19 June 2026
Three Giants pitchers, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, each wrote Bible verses on their caps, while a fourth pitcher, Sam Hentges, opted to wear the team's standard cap instead.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 June 2026
To its credit, the league did not enforce the rule when Vesia’s number started appearing on caps in the World Series.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Up next Right-hander Landen Roupp is slated to start on Thursday and make his first appearance since generating nationwide controversy by writing a Bible verse on the Giants’ Pride Night caps.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Wall sits strengthen your quadriceps, knee caps, and quadricep tendons.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 18 June 2026
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 June 2026
The decision by the board caps months of searching for a replacement, which included the help of the Alameda County Board of Education.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
The series pickup caps a wild seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 June 2026
Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images An affordable housing bill that caps the number of single-family homes major investors are allowed to purchase is getting fast-tracked in Congress.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The initiative also caps how many days members of the public will have to comment on documents that are part of an environmental review.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
The victory gives Georgia back-to-back outdoor national championships after also winning in 2025 and caps off an extraordinary season that included the 2026 NCAA indoor championship.
—CBS News, 15 June 2026
With per-engineer costs for Claude Code and Cursor ranging from $500 to $2,000 a month, Uber now caps usage at $1,500 monthly per tool.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Amodei’s statement caps off a political saga in northern Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District over who could succeed the seven-term GOP congressman, who announced his retirement in February.
—Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2026
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Continue reading … SWING & MISS — Fans call foul on MLB after league warns players over Bible verses on Pride caps.
—FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Players whose teams wore Pride Night caps had the option to wear their everyday, non-rainbow hats.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Major League Baseball's warning to several San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps is fueling online debate about the limits of free expression in professional baseball.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 19 June 2026
There are caps when drafted, required waiting periods to enter free agency and short careers.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 19 June 2026
Three Giants pitchers, Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, each wrote Bible verses on their caps, while a fourth pitcher, Sam Hentges, opted to wear the team's standard cap instead.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 June 2026
To its credit, the league did not enforce the rule when Vesia’s number started appearing on caps in the World Series.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Up next Right-hander Landen Roupp is slated to start on Thursday and make his first appearance since generating nationwide controversy by writing a Bible verse on the Giants’ Pride Night caps.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Wall sits strengthen your quadriceps, knee caps, and quadricep tendons.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 18 June 2026
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Initially resistant, the leagues opened up to PE one at a time—MLB in 2019, the NBA and NHL in 2021, and the NFL only in 2024, which caps a single firm at 10% of a team.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 June 2026
The decision by the board caps months of searching for a replacement, which included the help of the Alameda County Board of Education.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
The series pickup caps a wild seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 June 2026
Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images An affordable housing bill that caps the number of single-family homes major investors are allowed to purchase is getting fast-tracked in Congress.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The initiative also caps how many days members of the public will have to comment on documents that are part of an environmental review.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
The victory gives Georgia back-to-back outdoor national championships after also winning in 2025 and caps off an extraordinary season that included the 2026 NCAA indoor championship.
—CBS News, 15 June 2026
With per-engineer costs for Claude Code and Cursor ranging from $500 to $2,000 a month, Uber now caps usage at $1,500 monthly per tool.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Amodei’s statement caps off a political saga in northern Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District over who could succeed the seven-term GOP congressman, who announced his retirement in February.
—Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caps
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Authorities say fentanyl can be sold as pills with some online dealers claiming the pills are Xanax, Percocet and oxycodone.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Although flavanol supplements seemed to show benefits in the COSMOS study, relying on pills or capsules instead of whole foods means missing out on other protective compounds found in plant foods.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
16 June 2026
Noun
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People sold fans anything from juice to ice-cold water bottles, buttons, hats, T-shirts and flags.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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For centuries, spectacular hats have been woven into the social fabric of Royal Ascot.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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In her own yard, Mingrone has learned that cracked lids on garbage containers allow water to pool after a rain, setting up a major breeding ground.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Suction lids turn any bowl into a storage container.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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While many countries have limits on immigration, none has ever voted to limit its population, Swiss experts say.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Villanova would toss the Owls aside by 20 for its 22nd consecutive win against their Philly opponents, a walkover victory that barely moved the needle anywhere outside of the city limits.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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But a 12-mile quarantine now restricts the movement of any warm-blooded animal, household pets included, around the infested ranch.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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The Illinois law, passed in 2023, specifically restricts the sharing of information from license plate reader technology with other agencies for immigration enforcement purposes or to track someone seeking reproductive healthcare.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning, generally safe drug approved by the FDA for treating parasitic diseases in humans, which can generally be done with a single dose of three or four prescription-strength tablets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Media coverage of studies such as Czeisler’s triggered a wave of panic about devices and their impact on sleep, and soon everyone was fitting their tablets with blue filters or donning blue-blocker glasses to prevent all those blue photons from reaching their eyeballs at night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Weapons, explosives, detonators, work tools, helmets, lighters, matches, smoke bombs, spray cans.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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Officers in riot helmets and gas masks formed a line at the front doors of the store, at one point appearing to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The crewneck has an oversized fit that’s ideal for layering over summer tank-tops, and heck, even a swimsuit on windy beach days.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
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There are plenty more options to choose from — shop additional white eyelet tops inspired by Helen Mirren on Amazon.—
Jill Layton,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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