capstone
Americannoun
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a finishing stone of a structure.
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the crowning achievement, point, element, or event.
noun
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one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
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mountaineering a chockstone occurring at the top of a gully or chimney
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a crowning achievement; peak
the capstone of his career
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Then came a capstone class project to fix a company’s talent-acquisition woes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Her inclusion will be more than a celebration, it will be a capstone of what she’s learned from the festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
The law is “a legal capstone meant to send a signal throughout the system” about the new orthodoxy on ethnic policy, said James Leibold, a professor at Australia’s La Trobe University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The capstone of the Jefferson-Madison collaboration occurred at this volatile political moment—namely, their joint authorship of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In our eagerness to treat Oscar victories as career capstones, do we pay too little attention to the opportunities that are supposed to come afterward, yet often don’t?
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Impressive granite capstones salvaged from a tumbling wall on the property now top stately benches.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
And, each year, JDC capstones a year-round effort in the Quad-Cities to improve equality, education and a community that better serves everyone.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2016
Tom Rogers' excellent design not only evokes the monumentality of the cathedral, but also, through ropes, pulleys and capstones, shows it as a vertical building site.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2012
The primitive monument consisted of two huge capstones of granite supported by four or five vertically planted uprights, but one, if not two of the latter have been removed.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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