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as in ending
the last part of a process or action the capper to the campaign rally was an appearance by the candidate himself
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as in clincher
something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming she was smart, she was pretty, but here's the capper—she was kind, unlike the other girls
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Recent Examples of capper The project manager positioned it as the capper for the year. —
Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 The capper was a blowout loss in the Wild Card round to the Rams, who harassed Darnold into nine sacks. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026 Even the prospect of another low-scoring Niners-Seahawks slugfest shouldn’t detract greatly from that NFC West rivalry, while the Rams-Bears capper has the potential to set the ratings dials on fire. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026 The capper is seeing James Marsden strip off his Cyclops goggles to emit a furious blaze of crimson-orange light. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capper
Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 The capper was a blowout loss in the Wild Card round to the Rams, who harassed Darnold into nine sacks. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026 Even the prospect of another low-scoring Niners-Seahawks slugfest shouldn’t detract greatly from that NFC West rivalry, while the Rams-Bears capper has the potential to set the ratings dials on fire. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Jan. 2026 The capper is seeing James Marsden strip off his Cyclops goggles to emit a furious blaze of crimson-orange light. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for capper
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These periods tend to bring sudden news, endings, breakthroughs or a turning point.— Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
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Most romances begin with normal life and build to a happy ending.— John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
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Bruce Brown was Denver’s amplifier, compiling five steals off the bench in his first playoff game as a Nugget since the 2023 championship clincher.— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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First came a beautiful free kick by Julian Alvarez, followed by the clincher from Alexander Sorloth.— Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
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McFarlane’s first interim spell obviously represents far too small a sample to draw any definitive conclusions about his tactical style.— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 paper comes to the conclusion that the result wouldn’t be great.— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
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The company wants to be allowed to use a commercial crusher to process the rock on site, but says it wouldn’t be done frequently.— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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The rock crusher itself appeared to be a mobile unit, not a permanent one.— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
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Initially, the series finale against the Diamondbacks produced little suspense.— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Following this week’s Season 4 finale of Invincible, creator Robert Kirkman explained one major change from the comic books.— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
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Sandwich Upgrades Our testers loved reaching for these condiments and toppers to really up their sandwich game.— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
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On March 19, street toppers were removed from the street.— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026
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Folks can read more about end-of-life doula training and practices, and search a directory, on the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance website.— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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Edwards turned the ball over with 31 seconds left and Christian Braun got fouled at the other end after Jokic passed up a floater to tie it.— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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That could play out again with Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills, though one complicating factor with the Florida Republican is his ethics investigation isn’t as far along.— Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
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Numerous other factors will also be scrutinized after Monday’s loss, including timeout management and a scoreless fourth quarter by Karl-Anthony Towns.— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Capper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/capper. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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