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capsule

[kap-suhl, -sool, -syool] / ˈkæp səl, -sul, -sjul /


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
Synonyms


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Shopping for creatine: Creatine is available in powder, capsule, liquid and even energy bar form.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"The shipwreck is a time capsule at the bottom of the sea," said Prof Hakan Öniz, from Akdeniz University in Turkey, who led the Mediterranean Archaeology Association expedition.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

"And in 10 years' time, the first European manned capsule take off from Kourou with European astronauts and those from other nations on board," he added, referring to Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

In these experiments, powerful lasers create shock waves that force a tiny diamond capsule to implode.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Jerrie moved carefully in the close confines of the capsule.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Until now, all Starship flights have been suborbital, meaning the capsules were high enough to reach space, but did not travel fast enough or long enough to complete a loop around the Earth.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Participants in the control group were given placebo versions of the antibiotics, omega-3, and ASA, packaged in capsules that looked like the active treatments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

About 70% of Happy Hippo’s sales come from plain-leaf powder and capsules, with the remainder from concentrated liquid extracts, gummies and flavor-infused taffy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Complete coverage of The Times’ All-Star baseball and softball teams, from the players and coaches of the year to capsules on each player and the final 2026 rankings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Dad bought a special box for me, the kind they use in time capsules.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

In one winter season with Uncle Don, I. V. C. Vitamin Pearls, a capsuled vitamin, increased its sales 125% with little other advertising.

From Time Magazine Archive

The contrast capsuled the revolution in the mode of protest in the U.S. that has taken place in the '60s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, the history of the U.S. can plausibly be capsuled in a litany of slogans: No taxation without representation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Motor Chassis Manufacturer" and builds no bodies whatever, seemed the philosophy of U. S. automotive engineers as capsuled by President Stout: "The car must look right above all things.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a prompt countermove, Ford this week distributed to 150,000 employes copies of the Founder's familiar anti-union views, capsuled under the heading "Fordisms."

From Time Magazine Archive

Freedom," he said, capsuling his own political philosophy, "has been defined as the opportunity for selfdiscipline.

From Time Magazine Archive


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