capstone
Americannoun
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capstones
plural
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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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In a hallway lined with movie posters in UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, Tomas Carrasco was in the middle of preparing to shoot his senior capstone film: a surreal horror comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Amicus’ “By the People” series concluded last month with a capstone conversation taped live in front of a virtual audience of Slate Plus members.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Apple ended the day at $5.005 trillion, according to Dow Jones Market Data, a capstone on the Tim Cook era, and an implicit challenge to new chief executive John Ternus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Then came a capstone class project to fix a company’s talent-acquisition woes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
She could reach the capstone easily, but she’d have to make her one strike count.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
“You’re standing at this water feature and the magnitude … There’s 26 capstones on the water’s edge, It’s pretty overwhelming.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
The century-old concrete slabs need new capstones and weatherproofing, and the grounds need new trails, facilities and signage, Schafroth said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Open title nearly eight years ago may well be the capstones to his career.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017
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
In Scandinavia, on the other hand, such dome-roofed chambers are unknown, and the construction of the chambers as a rule is megalithic, five or six monoliths supporting one or more capstones of enormous size.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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