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as in pills
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week
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as in sheaths
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now
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as in summaries
a short statement of the main points
capsules of the day's major news stories appear on the paper's second page
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as in compresses
to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers
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Recent Examples of capsules
New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Flaxseed oil capsules don’t need to be stored in the refrigerator.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Orion capsules built for the Artemis missions abandoned the Avcoat honeycomb structure in favor of a heat shield constructed using large blocks of the material.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
In a small, 12-week study of 13 overweight adults who consumed daily kimchi powder capsules, researchers observed measurable changes in immune cell signaling.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
With the support of Kering’s Material Innovation Lab, Balenciaga continues pushing lab‑grown materials and low‑waste construction—not to mention leveraging agentic frameworks—into commercial luxury endeavors; beyond experimental capsules, the couture conglomerate said.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
In addition, all the participants will take daily capsules of spermidine, a supplement that is often marketed for healthy aging, as well as a generic medication that has potent anti-inflammatory effects.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 19 Jan. 2026
Brands are also timing the opening of stores and the launch of capsules around the Olympic Games.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Dosage is just two capsules per day taken with food, consistently.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026
Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
The capsules, which can remain intact inside the digestive tract for weeks, are able to release their medications on a schedule.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Flaxseed oil capsules don’t need to be stored in the refrigerator.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The Orion capsules built for the Artemis missions abandoned the Avcoat honeycomb structure in favor of a heat shield constructed using large blocks of the material.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
In a small, 12-week study of 13 overweight adults who consumed daily kimchi powder capsules, researchers observed measurable changes in immune cell signaling.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
With the support of Kering’s Material Innovation Lab, Balenciaga continues pushing lab‑grown materials and low‑waste construction—not to mention leveraging agentic frameworks—into commercial luxury endeavors; beyond experimental capsules, the couture conglomerate said.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
In addition, all the participants will take daily capsules of spermidine, a supplement that is often marketed for healthy aging, as well as a generic medication that has potent anti-inflammatory effects.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 19 Jan. 2026
Brands are also timing the opening of stores and the launch of capsules around the Olympic Games.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Dosage is just two capsules per day taken with food, consistently.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
What could make those Nespresso capsules better?
—Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capsules
Noun
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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
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As soon as we were settled as a group, a few of us on the bed, a few cross-legged on the carpet, Rosie swore us to secrecy and showed us her pack of birth-control pills, from which three were missing.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Nuts and fatty fishes, like salmon and sardines, contain omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for building the insulating sheaths that surround the nerve fibers that carry information from one brain cell to another.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Taylor, then with her fourth husband Richard Burton, wanted to ditch her formal '50s style of long skirts and tasteful sheaths.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Set the tone with summaries and kind boundaries.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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The story summaries above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in the Miami Herald newsroom.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Video inflates thought; reading compresses it.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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This vapor layer unexpectedly acts as a cushion, ensuring the shockwave compresses the water symmetrically.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Smartphones Samsung’s mobile experience and networks businesses, tasked with developing and selling smartphones, tablets, wearables and other devices, posted weaker results in the fourth quarter.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Most of these children were born during the pandemic and spent much of their infancy quarantined indoors, their earliest socialization filtered through the blue light of tablets and television, Aguet said.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Three matching shell casings were found within the wrapping of Jennie's body, and one was later found lodged between the baseboard and box spring of Emily's bed.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Police recovered a firearm at the scene, as well as spent shell casings that appeared to match the firearm.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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Both these methods consume much energy, either to cool surfaces so water vapor condenses or pry water molecules off sorbents through heat and pressure.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Made less dense, the air then rises, cools and condenses into clouds, which produce heavy snow in narrow bands downwind.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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Alongside the amber is nutty cardamom and leathery vanilla bean pods.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
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Listen to our Greatest Pop Stars podcast discussion about Bad Bunny’s stunningly full year here, and find the rest of our updating top 10 list with all our corresponding essays and pods here.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Capsules.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capsules. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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