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Recent Examples of capstone Many business programs require students, especially in MBA or capstone courses, to work on real-life consulting projects. Allbusiness, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Writing a dissertation takes many years because of the intense scrutiny involved in all aspects of this capstone project. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025 Trump’s Nevada rally served mostly as a capstone to his first week in office. Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for capstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capstone
Noun
  • The cut is also inching closer to the pinnacle of both the Hot Latin Songs and Latin Streaming Songs charts.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This version of Florida does have some conspicuous differences from the one Billy Donovan first led to the pinnacle in 2006, nine years after arriving from Marshall.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 4,000-square-foot unit at 425 Broome Street is the culmination of a series of pop-ups that the brand has opened around the world over the past six years.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Trump’s tariffs are the culmination of a decades-long shift in political perceptions in the United States, in which trade has gone from an unalloyed good to the source of all ills.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna applauds the fans (Alex Broadway/Getty Images) This would be the zenith, a crescendo of noise.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Conclusion Just as the zenith of economic and earnings optimism in early 2025 gave way to creeping concerns about the durability of growth under pressure from possible tariff increases, maximum pessimism will eventually give way to a better reality.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Veteran pollster Nate Silver predicted Ocasio-Cortez will be at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket in 2028.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That united display of fealty reflected Big Tech’s hopes that Trump would be more accommodating than President Biden’s administration and help propel an already booming industry to even greater heights.
    Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Hanging Your Curtain Rods Too Low One thing that can dramatically increase the feeling of space in your room is hanging your curtains at the right height.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dell rates this ultrawide monitor at 350 nits (candelas per square meter) of brightness, though in our tests, the monitor reached a peak luminance of just 265 nits.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Doncic was traded seemingly at the peak of his career, which made the trade even more shocking and inexplicable.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • WrestleMania season stands as the apex of excitement for WWE fans, a two-night spectacle promising the year's most monumental moments.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Zahn McClarnon’s depiction of Joe’s resentment and guilt, still simmering but on the verge of spilling over, reaches its apex by episode’s end.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Capstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capstone. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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