capper

Example Sentences

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“This should put a capper, in our opinion, on blue-sky hopes for substantial multiple expansion,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

The capper came on Monday when Liverpool shelled out around $170 million for Alexander Isak, a 26-year-old from Sweden, signed from Newcastle, another top-five club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 2, 2025

Rodriguez put a capper on the four-run inning, driving in Rojas from second with a ground ball up the middle that hit the second-base bag and bounced away from Trejo for an RBI single.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

The capper came when the 49ers' running back Roger Craig swept around left end and into the usual chaotic pile out of bounds.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

The persons whom the capper represented—they called themselves an “insurance company”—stood ready to accept the bet, a fact which seems to have generated no suspicion in the mind of the house-owner.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose