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capsule

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


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
Synonyms


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Along Front Street, Forestville’s tiny commercial core, you could get a corn dog for $3.30 at Carr’s Drive-Inn, which looks like a time capsule from 1979.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The school was so central to the community that in 2017 the city of South Euclid buried a time capsule on Notre Dame’s lawn, containing predictions from area children about their futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Sunfish have a gelatinous outer layer known as capsule, and both this layer and the skin contain a distinct microbiome.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

"I try to commemorate cultural moments in New York City, and this seemed to be a big one, so just capturing a little time capsule from that moment in time," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Dad clicked a tiny capsule into his whirlpool of Nescafé, stirred it in, and picked up the cup and saucer.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Its factories can supply everything from frozen meat and candy to lipstick, medicine capsules and sports hijabs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

The chain says the capsules were inspired by airline cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

According to Fortune Business Insights, these supplements are now appearing not only in capsules but also in drinks, dairy alternatives, and snack products.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2026

Products passing through the giant site range from insulin capsules and lifestyle drugs to medicated sunblock and drums of sulphuric acid.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

Still attached, the two capsules began spinning around each other.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The reasons why are neatly capsuled in Shirley's cinefantasy with Mitchum, described as "one of those Hollywood movies all about love and what'11-she-wear-next?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Few Englishmen would think of scrutinizing them, but scrutinized they turn out to be almost a capsuled paraphrase of the Silver Jubilee reign.

From Time Magazine Archive

The professional verdict on Belli's conduct of the defense was neatly capsuled in a Texas lawyer's quip: "They found Melvin Belli guilty and gave Jack Ruby the chair."

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

The author thinks he has capsuled his philosophy in that sentence.

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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