as in limited
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of capped
After the Inflation Reduction Act's changes, annual out-of-pocket Medicare Part D drug costs are capped at $2,000.
—
Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Last year consumers out-of-pocket costs were capped at about $3,300 per year.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Lamar Jackson led a furious final push down the field, capped with Isaiah Likely’s spectacular would-be game-tying touchdown snag.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Off-White recently capped a three-year partnership with AC Milan by launching a capsule collection celebrating the storied football club’s 125th anniversary.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Insulin costs have also been capped at $35 per month, potentially saving seniors with diabetes thousands each year.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has capped Boeing 737 MAX deliveries at 38 a month, but Link expects the cap to be lifted this year.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission puts the number of undocumented orphaned wells at between 310,000 and 800,000—these are wells that are thought to exist but haven’t even been positively identified yet and thus may or may not be capped.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There aren’t enough labor visas available to meet workforce demand, but the number of people who can seek asylum is not capped.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Last year consumers out-of-pocket costs were capped at about $3,300 per year.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Lamar Jackson led a furious final push down the field, capped with Isaiah Likely’s spectacular would-be game-tying touchdown snag.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Off-White recently capped a three-year partnership with AC Milan by launching a capsule collection celebrating the storied football club’s 125th anniversary.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Insulin costs have also been capped at $35 per month, potentially saving seniors with diabetes thousands each year.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has capped Boeing 737 MAX deliveries at 38 a month, but Link expects the cap to be lifted this year.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission puts the number of undocumented orphaned wells at between 310,000 and 800,000—these are wells that are thought to exist but haven’t even been positively identified yet and thus may or may not be capped.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
There aren’t enough labor visas available to meet workforce demand, but the number of people who can seek asylum is not capped.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capped
Verb
-
The legislature also has restricted the type of complaints the body can investigate and limited the commission’s attempts to oversee lawmakers — familiar tactics to impede ethics commissions across the country, according to the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit that has studied the issue.Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
-
Thanks to the Byrd rule, any bill passed under reconciliation cannot increase the deficit beyond the fiscal years covered—that's usually limited to 10 years (and why tax cuts rarely last forever).Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
-
As a result, access to affordable healthcare is restricted.Ariel Katz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
-
The war was mostly fought around the Great Lakes and in Canada, but conflict wasn’t restricted to the north.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
-
Camp Pendleton has tightened access to the sprawling Marine base in North County in the wake of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people.Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
-
But the Pole tightened when on the front foot in two baseline exchanges, moving forward at the wrong time and letting Fritz move out in front.James Hansen, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Thesaurus Entries Near capped
Cite this Entry
“Capped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capped. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share