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
Nbc News, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
As states and cities roll out strict building emissions caps, gas bans and net-zero targets, technologies that can deliver this kind of reliable, low-carbon heat are becoming more of a necessity.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Many counties have passed their own caps, such as Orange’s two-term limit.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Pham argued that visitor caps introduced after the pandemic can create scarcity that draws scammers.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Small caps are also outpacing large-cap stocks.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
The idea was born of a recent trend of die-hard fans attending Pitbull concerts in bald caps, aviators, and snug-fitting suit jackets.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Removable end caps allow for easy removal and installation, without disassembling the entire heavy-duty system.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
Remove caps; scrape out pepper seeds.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Adding a championship to his resume caps the greatest individual season in Seahawks history.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The last-minute entry caps a chaotic week of candidate withdrawals, and Bass facing mounting criticism over the city’s Palisades fire response.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Over time, that friction caps growth.
—David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Laya Neelakandan and Alex Sherman While the NFL season caps off with the Super Bowl on Sunday, the action won't stop there.
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Now, as part of the unofficial SportsCon of Super Bowl week, the Pro Bowl caps a daylong celebration of flag football that includes the championship game for the under-13 international coed teams, and a showcase game featuring the 32 best girls high school flag players.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
This rhetorical tour de force caps extensive diplomatic activity over the past year.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The arrest caps an investigation into the killing of Daylon Fleitas Gonzalez, who disappeared in early August 2025 after meeting with Carballo Gonzalez in Medley, Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
Today's arrest caps years of growing pressure on Andrew, the brother of King Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
As states and cities roll out strict building emissions caps, gas bans and net-zero targets, technologies that can deliver this kind of reliable, low-carbon heat are becoming more of a necessity.
—Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Many counties have passed their own caps, such as Orange’s two-term limit.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Pham argued that visitor caps introduced after the pandemic can create scarcity that draws scammers.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Small caps are also outpacing large-cap stocks.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
The idea was born of a recent trend of die-hard fans attending Pitbull concerts in bald caps, aviators, and snug-fitting suit jackets.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Removable end caps allow for easy removal and installation, without disassembling the entire heavy-duty system.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
Remove caps; scrape out pepper seeds.
—Faye Levy, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
The organization also advocates for a percentage-of-income payment program, which caps household energy bills at 6% of monthly income.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Adding a championship to his resume caps the greatest individual season in Seahawks history.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The last-minute entry caps a chaotic week of candidate withdrawals, and Bass facing mounting criticism over the city’s Palisades fire response.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Over time, that friction caps growth.
—David Heacock, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
Laya Neelakandan and Alex Sherman While the NFL season caps off with the Super Bowl on Sunday, the action won't stop there.
—Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Now, as part of the unofficial SportsCon of Super Bowl week, the Pro Bowl caps a daylong celebration of flag football that includes the championship game for the under-13 international coed teams, and a showcase game featuring the 32 best girls high school flag players.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
This rhetorical tour de force caps extensive diplomatic activity over the past year.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The arrest caps an investigation into the killing of Daylon Fleitas Gonzalez, who disappeared in early August 2025 after meeting with Carballo Gonzalez in Medley, Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caps
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Europe’s overreliance on US military tech The US’s F-53 program purposefully limits the changes foreign customers can make to the jet’s software.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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In November, a judge rejected Nathan’s request to close off the courtroom and impose a gag order, which limits attorneys and investigators from making out-of-court statements about the case.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Pest and wood-destroying insect evidence Missouri law restricts who can perform WDI inspections for real estate transactions to licensed and certified individuals.—
Allison Palmer
Updated February 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
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Zuckerberg explained that the company restricts users under 13 years old and tries to detect when a user has lied about their age to go around those rules.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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