Thesaurus results for CAPS (OFF)

caps (off)

verb

Definition of caps (off)

present tense third-person singular of cap (off)

as in finishes

to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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Indy finishes 7-10; Jones lasts 10 games due to injury, and other injuries reveal the lack of playable depth on the offensive line.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After the antler calcification process finishes, the velvet strips off.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of finishes

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Crafted from the finest, lightest tweed, the dress—chosen by stylist Ramona Tabita—features a sumptuous knotted structure that opens into a generous back neckline and culminates in a majestic train that skims the red carpet.

— Giacomo Aricò, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2026
At a gathering with other artists, a seemingly playful party game culminates in an excruciating monologue about child abuse.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of culminates

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More of them could soon manifest — especially if Carlos Correa completes his unexpected comeback from left ankle surgery.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Mercury is about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) from the sun on average, and completes one orbit around our star every 88 days, according to NASA.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of completes

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But he’s intrigued enough to take the file from Emma anyway and quickly concludes, along with River, that Loy did not break his own arm and then barbecue himself making marshmallows.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
The move comes at the start of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, with markets pricing in higher chances of a quarter-point rate hike when the meeting concludes Wednesday after August inflation remained well above the central bank's 2% target.

— Lee Ying Shan,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of concludes

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While Sundance crowns its winners in January and the Academy names its nominees the following January, the 12 months between them can have worthy contenders disappear.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
His departure crowns several months of turnover at the highest levels of the military.

— Damir Marusic, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026

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