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capsule

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


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
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And even “The Lost Boys,” perhaps the most ambitious new musical of the season, takes its inspiration from a cult genre film that serves as a time capsule of the wicked 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Early in the ascent, mission controllers deliberately triggered an escape system that pulled an unmanned Mengzhou capsule away from the rocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Taxpayers deserve a break after sinking $70 billion into an Artemis launch and capsule system that’s already obsolete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Vee recognises controversial lyrics were part of the scene "back in the day" and wants the re-recording to be "similar to the original" as she thinks "it's sort of a time capsule".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

He couldn’t stop smiling, not even when he was describing the thermodynamics of the fuel for the Saturn rocket that would carry the command capsule and the LEM.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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