cap
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But that wouldn’t work very well, because of gaps in that program — it doesn’t cover dental or vision care and has no out-of-pocket cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
They haven’t budged from Ballmer’s original defense, that the team did nothing improper or in violation of cap rules, and had nothing to hide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Higher wholesale gas prices feed through to household energy bills by helping determine regulator Ofgem's price cap.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Yet the Padres and Angels sold before their owners found out whether they could secure the salary cap the league insists is a primary objective in collective bargaining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I must have pulled the cap off my pen without noticing, and now my hands are an iridescent pink.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
“We have a very good idea of what our housing expenses are going to be, it’s capped at whatever our rent is,” Radman said of his and his wife’s situation as renters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
He capped his sets at around an hour, realizing kids started to get tired if he went longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
After an extended dry spell, Scottie Scheffler reminded everyone why he’s the game’s top player by winning two of three playoff events, capped by the Tour Championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bus fares in the west of Scotland will be capped at £2, First Minister John Swinney has announced.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Then he swirled the Q-Tip in a test tube full of distilled water and capped the tube.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Ideas include capping liabilities, raising evidence standards or making it harder to hold taxpayers liable for all of the damages in cases that public entities are only partly responsible for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He said: "We believe that a cap on the cost of branded items and school uniform is the best way forward, rather than just capping the number of items."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 tallying its first record closing high since early June and capping off its strongest four-day percentage-point gain since April 2025, Dow Jones Market Data showed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
As Juliette Cubanski of KFF explained, the demonstration worked by reducing the base beneficiary premium for Part D and capping the yearly increase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Before there had always been his polite capping of remarks like this: “Yes, they do, that’s what they call it”—but today he glanced speculatively at me and said nothing.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
