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capstone

[kap-stohn] / ˈkæpˌstoʊn /






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That selection, spread over the final three of the exhibition’s 10 galleries, is both the retrospective’s capstone and highlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The eight-week MIT program costs $2,847 and includes a capstone project where students create an actionable AI strategy for their company.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

"The detention of Zhang Youxia was the capstone arrest of the greatest series of purges in the history of China's PLA," experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote in a note.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

And both men regarded the letters they were writing to each other as the capstone to that final project.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“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

They are supported by cast-iron bases, resting on the granite capstones of the concrete foundation piers.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous




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