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
Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Women adorned their hair in ribbons and men wore Dodgers caps to shield their faces from the sun, the crowd representing an array of identities that make up Los Angeles.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Telomeres serve as protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, similar to the bits of plastic at the ends of shoelaces.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
Visa processed $15 trillion last year—the caps won’t touch that.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
To see how their brains responded to sound, the researchers used EEG caps—safe, non-invasive hats that measure brain activity.
—Clarissa Brincat, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
The physical Switch and Switch 2 editions, featuring game cartridges, sticker sheets, postcards, milk caps and a reversible cover, will ship in May.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
In autonomous tests, the robot unscrews bottle caps, extracts individual pills from organizers despite occlusion, dispenses precise syringe volumes under variable resistance, and selects small metal parts from cluttered containers.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Separately, Moynihan was barred from official events at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos following clashes with organizers over his public criticisms of administration policies on climate risk and credit card caps.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
How Lam rose to the top Lam’s reappointment caps the rise of a career policeman who climbed from the security services to the apex of Vietnam’s political system.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit follows through on a threat Trump made on his Truth Social network over the weekend — and caps several days of escalating tensions between the president and one of the most powerful CEOs in the United States.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
The business had insurance on the units, but Eigenberger said the policy typically caps that at around $5,000.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
His putative nomination caps months of two-pronged campaigning to viewers outside and inside the entertainment-tastemaker sphere.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
These are iconic, generational companies with unprecedented private market caps some of which have unprecedented capital needs which should lead to an unprecedented IPO market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
The county caps rent increases accounting for inflation at 6% annually.
—Nolan Wilkinson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
Monday night’s meeting between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers caps the action.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
Trump has pushed for temporary caps on credit card interest rates and a ban on institutional investors buying homes this year.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Women adorned their hair in ribbons and men wore Dodgers caps to shield their faces from the sun, the crowd representing an array of identities that make up Los Angeles.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Telomeres serve as protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, similar to the bits of plastic at the ends of shoelaces.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 29 Jan. 2026
Visa processed $15 trillion last year—the caps won’t touch that.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
To see how their brains responded to sound, the researchers used EEG caps—safe, non-invasive hats that measure brain activity.
—Clarissa Brincat, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
The physical Switch and Switch 2 editions, featuring game cartridges, sticker sheets, postcards, milk caps and a reversible cover, will ship in May.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
In autonomous tests, the robot unscrews bottle caps, extracts individual pills from organizers despite occlusion, dispenses precise syringe volumes under variable resistance, and selects small metal parts from cluttered containers.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Separately, Moynihan was barred from official events at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos following clashes with organizers over his public criticisms of administration policies on climate risk and credit card caps.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
Wintertime is a wonderful season to visit the capital city, where a blanket of snow covers the buildings and parks and caps the mountains.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
How Lam rose to the top Lam’s reappointment caps the rise of a career policeman who climbed from the security services to the apex of Vietnam’s political system.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit follows through on a threat Trump made on his Truth Social network over the weekend — and caps several days of escalating tensions between the president and one of the most powerful CEOs in the United States.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
The business had insurance on the units, but Eigenberger said the policy typically caps that at around $5,000.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 22 Jan. 2026
His putative nomination caps months of two-pronged campaigning to viewers outside and inside the entertainment-tastemaker sphere.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
These are iconic, generational companies with unprecedented private market caps some of which have unprecedented capital needs which should lead to an unprecedented IPO market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
The county caps rent increases accounting for inflation at 6% annually.
—Nolan Wilkinson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
Monday night’s meeting between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers caps the action.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caps
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Creating a ring of immunity in this way limits a pathogen’s ability to infect others.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
25 Jan. 2026
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While the high cost of advertising at mega-events limits the number of advertisers willing or able to participate, there is a clear opportunity for those who do invest.—
Charles Taylor,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The county Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday that restricts federal immigration agents from accessing non-public areas on county property — such as offices, construction sites and storage facilities — without a judicial warrant or court order.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
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This was in direct conflict with the Hatch Act, which restricts federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Caps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caps. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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