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cap (off)

verb

Definition of cap (off)

as in to finish

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

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Van Gisbergen, the road-course ace with seven victories the past two seasons, finished 28th.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Murphy was a diminutive, formal woman of Irish birth who never finished grade school but had a great appetite for learning.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of finish

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The event returns to Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday with a full slate of matches and the possibility of new world champions being crowned in front of more than 40,000 people.

— Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
On June 23, 1991, he was crowned at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of crown

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Gordon was completed swiftly, earning Newcastle more money than anticipated (with €70m benchmarked).

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of complete

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Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
An autonomous attacker does not care what an organization's SPRS score says, whether its dashboard is green or whether an assessment concluded that a control was implemented.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of conclude

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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
After a yearlong investigation that culminated in a 35-page summary report from the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the league brought down the hammer on the Clippers on Wednesday.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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