capping
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of capping
Example Sentences
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Capping repurchases at 5%, the fund will buy back about $990 million worth of stock.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Capping its military would make it harder to achieve that goal, Kyiv says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Capping those bills by various means has been a central plank of his popularity in Hungary since 2013.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Capping off the video is another clip of Jackson declaring triumphantly, “I did it! I made it to Broadway!”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
Capping the brainstem is the R-complex, the seat of aggression, ritual, territoriality and social hierarchy, which evolved hundreds of millions of years ago in our reptilian ancestors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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