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capsule

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


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
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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

They used precision-milled steel to construct the capsule and designed a special bell jar to surround it in a layer of dry air, protecting the inside from the moist soil of the American northeast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

It’s a time capsule of the music that I’ve been inspired by, from yacht music to alternative rock to funk.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Then he could have released an image of himself in the Artemis space capsule and told us he’s an astronaut and he’s thinking of building a string of Trump hotels on the moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

I hope that when I sent the old chap off in the crossbow capsule, I wasn’t shooting him toward his death.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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