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
Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Guests will receive a New Era hat for the corresponding team and can customize their caps on-site.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
The coverage caps are lower than most competitors, though.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Other options, such as red light therapy caps, are non-invasive devices that use low-level light therapy to stimulate hair follicles and increase density.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Have other countries had population caps?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
One wisecrack went too far, in the eyes of the people whose eyes sit below red caps.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Rounding things out is a set of 23-inch alloy wheels finished in Platinum Silver and secured by the automaker’s new center caps.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
But the announcement April 28 that the United Arab Emirates was leaving OPEC caps years of tension where the desert state chafed under the cartel’s quotas, and recently, encountered severe strain in its relationship with Saudi Arabia, the group’s most potent force by far.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Others are prioritizing the preservation of Proposition 13, California’s famous tax amendment from 1978 that sets the base property tax rate at 1% and caps annual increases at 2%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Appliance coverage caps out at $1,000 per item, and building out a comprehensive plan by stacking individual coverages can push monthly costs higher than expected.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
But the end of the NFL Draft caps the bulk of the team’s offseason overhaul.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
The decision caps a nearly decade-long dispute over the former golf course, which has been closed since 2011.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
China’s systematic and unrelenting rise China’s R&D spending milestone caps a series of achievements that have arrived in rapid succession.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Starting this year, the legislation also caps the total amount of federal loans students can borrow — new borrowers will have a total lifetime limit of $257,500 for all federal student loans.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
The club now caps season tickets at more than 25,000 and has sold out of them four straight years, with a waiting list for an undisclosed number of fans.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
South Korea, a global leader in base oil production and a major exporter of Group III base oils, recently introduced mandatory export caps on refined petroleum products, seeking to shore up domestic base oils supply amid the crisis.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Guests will receive a New Era hat for the corresponding team and can customize their caps on-site.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
The coverage caps are lower than most competitors, though.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Other options, such as red light therapy caps, are non-invasive devices that use low-level light therapy to stimulate hair follicles and increase density.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Have other countries had population caps?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
One wisecrack went too far, in the eyes of the people whose eyes sit below red caps.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Rounding things out is a set of 23-inch alloy wheels finished in Platinum Silver and secured by the automaker’s new center caps.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
But the announcement April 28 that the United Arab Emirates was leaving OPEC caps years of tension where the desert state chafed under the cartel’s quotas, and recently, encountered severe strain in its relationship with Saudi Arabia, the group’s most potent force by far.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
This artificially caps the top-line revenue of the American household exactly when global geopolitical forces are maximizing their cost of living.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Others are prioritizing the preservation of Proposition 13, California’s famous tax amendment from 1978 that sets the base property tax rate at 1% and caps annual increases at 2%.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Appliance coverage caps out at $1,000 per item, and building out a comprehensive plan by stacking individual coverages can push monthly costs higher than expected.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
But the end of the NFL Draft caps the bulk of the team’s offseason overhaul.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
The decision caps a nearly decade-long dispute over the former golf course, which has been closed since 2011.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
China’s systematic and unrelenting rise China’s R&D spending milestone caps a series of achievements that have arrived in rapid succession.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Starting this year, the legislation also caps the total amount of federal loans students can borrow — new borrowers will have a total lifetime limit of $257,500 for all federal student loans.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
The club now caps season tickets at more than 25,000 and has sold out of them four straight years, with a waiting list for an undisclosed number of fans.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caps
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Most currently available hypersonics are costly per unit, which limits their deployment capability.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lawmakers passed the Youth Charging Reform Act (Senate Bill 323), a long-overdue measure that limits the harmful practice of automatically charging youth as adults.—
Nicole D. Porter,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act restricts some state and local taxes from being deducted from federal taxes.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Buprenorphine is controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration's suspicious orders report system, which restricts supply when pharmacies order more than allowed under specified thresholds.—
Andrew Jones,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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