Thesaurus results for CAP (OFF)

cap (off)

verb

Definition of cap (off)

as in to finish

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

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Van Gisbergen, the road-course ace with seven victories the past two seasons, finished 28th.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Murphy was a diminutive, formal woman of Irish birth who never finished grade school but had a great appetite for learning.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of finish

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The event returns to Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday with a full slate of matches and the possibility of new world champions being crowned in front of more than 40,000 people.

— Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
On June 23, 1991, he was crowned at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of crown

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The deal with Porsche will be effective once the Indian software giant completes the acquisition of MHP, which employs around 4,500 people.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Forward Romain Esse had been nearing a move to Club Brugge but that deal has not been completed.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of complete

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Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
An autonomous attacker does not care what an organization's SPRS score says, whether its dashboard is green or whether an assessment concluded that a control was implemented.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of conclude

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The strong-armed Vinson matched Purcell by completing 6 of 6 passes on the opening drive, culminating in a TD pass.

— Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Protectionist pressures rose steadily, culminating in the Plaza Accord of 1985, in which the world’s major economies agreed to appreciate the yen and the deutsche mark against the dollar in an effort to reduce trade imbalances.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

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