Thesaurus results for CAPPING (OFF)

capping (off)

verb

Definition of capping (off)

present participle of cap (off)

as in finishing

to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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Sakenis blocked two shots after finishing 11th in Division 1 in blocks per game last season.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
With just four laps remaining, there was every prospect of the race finishing under caution as there wouldn’t be time to reorder the cars and then conduct a restart.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

Definition of finishing

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Springsteen’s voice starts weary, nearly monotone, then slowly lifted by a wall of sound (guitars, organ, sax, drums, glockenspiel, bass, keyboards), culminating in the finest woo-oah‘s known to rock.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
The 10-race series runs from June to September, increasing in distance each week and culminating in a 10-mile race on Labor Day.

— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

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With ultra-slim Republican margins in the House and Senate, lawmakers are having a tough time completing the basics of legislating, let alone passing any controversial bills.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Based on current trends, Swift will fall below an altitude of 300 kilometers (186 miles) in October, when its orbit will be too low for Link to have a decent shot at completing the rendezvous due to increasing atmospheric drag.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

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