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cappuccino

[kap-oo-chee-noh, kah-poo-, kahp-poot-chee-naw] / ˌkæp ʊˈtʃi noʊ, ˌkɑ pʊ-, ˌkɑp putˈtʃi nɔ /


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Everyone has their method: Alton Brown swears by a dollop of mayonnaise; Martha Stewart sometimes froths hers in a cappuccino maker.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

I did not, so I arranged to road-test the Breville Oracle Jet—a foolproof Cadillac for cappuccino lovers, I was told.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

“We need to get it right this time”, Conservative activist Jenni Oliver tells me, as she takes a sip from her cappuccino.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2024

It was approaching 100 degrees when David Fischer, a retired aerospace worker, walked into the Paradise Bistro & Coffee Co., a cultural and political crossroads of sorts, and ordered a cappuccino.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

I sit at the espresso counter and have a cappuccino, to deal with the inertia that’s come over me at the sight of so much sugar-coated self-indulgence.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Robots were everywhere, dancing in unison, making cappuccinos, shooting soccer goals, massaging visitors and playing the piano.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

As puppacinos become as easy to buy as cappuccinos - is the UK edging towards a society that is completely dog-friendly?

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

Carrying two steaming cappuccinos from a popular American coffee chain on Thursday, Niels Berthelsen took the time to stop despite the icy cold winds whipping the streets of Nuuk, the Greenlandic capital.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

With that specialization also came espresso beverages—the flat whites, cappuccinos, and Americanos that now make up the baseline menu for most coffee shops.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

In the fifties it filled the heads of the Beats like the foam in their cappuccinos.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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