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as in pill
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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noun (2)

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verb

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Noun
Or, screw off the cap fully to take big gulps through the wide mouth opening. Alexis Berger, SELF, 15 Jan. 2025 Candidates who participate in the matching funds program can only accept $2,100 individual donations, but the cap’s lifted to $3,850 for those who opt out of the program. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Supercharged Slam no longer has uncapped radius for aftershocks, capped to 3 meters. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 That plan caps data to 50GB and is also being marketed as a backup connectivity plan for those on a $120 Starlink residential tier. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cap 

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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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