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[kap] / kæp /




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Under a cap, the owners have promised a transition period to account for existing commitments, and an actual negotiated cap could be higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under the latest plans, the EU will cap hybrid vehicle imports at 350,000 annually, which officials said could cut the current import volume by more than half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Winstone, 69, who was born in east London and is famous for his Cockney accent, walked the high street of Cowbridge wearing military medals and a flat cap in character as Sharp.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Apple now has a market cap of just over $5 trillion, making it the second most valuable company in the U.S. after Nvidia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The boy in the front, wearing a red cap, waves to us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Men can contribute to babies well into their 80s—yes, sperm quality declines but not that much—while the ability to get pregnant is pretty much capped at age 45.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The starting point is to tax these amounts as ordinary income, not capital gains, but on certain property the tax rate is capped at a more favorable 25%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Stanway's strikes in the last five days capped off a season in which she finished as England's top scorer and netted 11 times in her last 11 matches.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Allen then directed an 80-yard drive that he capped with a one-yard sneak, and his two-point conversion pass to tight end Dalton Kincaid gave the Bills a 27-20 lead with 11:28 left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then he swirled the Q-Tip in a test tube full of distilled water and capped the tube.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Under pressure from powerful critics, elite universities have begun to make changes such as adopting statements of institutional neutrality, capping grade inflation, promising to protect open inquiry and establishing civics centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rayner said she was "capping and then scrapping" ground rents, indicating she may try to go further than a cap.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

US President Donald Trump took Chinese leader Xi Jinping to see the founding documents of American democracy on Friday, capping a state visit full of pomp and pageantry but with no major breakthroughs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Many thought he’d exit at the end of Season 50, neatly capping an epic TV run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

And I’d stuck all my landings, capping off my Olympic experience with yet another gold.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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