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capsule

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


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
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The book offers capsule biographies of the game’s young stars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Sunfish have a gelatinous outer layer known as capsule, and both this layer and the skin contain a distinct microbiome.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

"I try to commemorate cultural moments in New York City, and this seemed to be a big one, so just capturing a little time capsule from that moment in time," he said.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

In Philadelphia, a time capsule will be buried and remain sealed until 2276, according to America250.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

I nodded, raised the capsule over my head, then pressed the button on the side to activate it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

The chain says the capsules were inspired by airline cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Products passing through the giant site range from insulin capsules and lifestyle drugs to medicated sunblock and drums of sulphuric acid.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

They can also feel like time capsules to other dimensions; his 12-year-old daughter was scandalized by how normative bullying was after she read “Blubber,” Blume’s 1974 novel about tween mean girls and body shaming.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

As the wheel turns, the capsules use the force of gravity to stay upright.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

The author thinks he has capsuled his philosophy in that sentence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Few Englishmen would think of scrutinizing them, but scrutinized they turn out to be almost a capsuled paraphrase of the Silver Jubilee reign.

From Time Magazine Archive

The professional verdict on Belli's conduct of the defense was neatly capsuled in a Texas lawyer's quip: "They found Melvin Belli guilty and gave Jack Ruby the chair."

From Time Magazine Archive

The reasons why are neatly capsuled in Shirley's cinefantasy with Mitchum, described as "one of those Hollywood movies all about love and what'11-she-wear-next?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Motor Chassis Manufacturer" and builds no bodies whatever, seemed the philosophy of U. S. automotive engineers as capsuled by President Stout: "The car must look right above all things.

From Time Magazine Archive

Freedom," he said, capsuling his own political philosophy, "has been defined as the opportunity for selfdiscipline.

From Time Magazine Archive




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