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capsule

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


NOUN
tablet, usually medicine
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Overnight on Jan. 20, someone stripped off the plaques for the Army, Navy and Coast Guard, along with a marker for the park dedication and a time capsule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The collected samples are expected to return to Earth by mid 2031 inside a capsule designed to survive re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Matson's work in conservation sees cells from 200 endangered species, ranging from African elephants to Scotland's wildcats, being frozen in liquid nitrogen at –196°C to create a cryogenic "time capsule".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Denim maker Lee released a capsule collection inspired by archival photos of Marilyn Monroe wearing its Storm Rider jacket on the set of her last movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The round is a plastic marking capsule, but you feel it.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Until now, all Starship flights have been suborbital, meaning the capsules were high enough to reach space, but did not travel fast enough or long enough to complete a loop around the Earth.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

This exceptionally hard form of carbon is used to make the tiny capsules that hold fuel in inertial confinement fusion experiments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

ROMONT, Switzerland—Willy Wonka would have marveled at one of the machines at a manufacturing plant here—a contraption that injects flavors into coffee capsules via a set of whirring tubes labeled “hazelnut,” “caramel,” and “blueberry cheesecake.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Complete coverage of The Times’ All-Star baseball and softball teams, from the players and coaches of the year to capsules on each player and the final 2026 rankings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

I ascended the narrow access ladder mounted between the adjacent rows of capsules, then stepped onto the short platform beneath the hatch to my unit.

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

Indeed, the history of the U.S. can plausibly be capsuled in a litany of slogans: No taxation without representation.

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

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

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

In one winter season with Uncle Don, I. V. C. Vitamin Pearls, a capsuled vitamin, increased its sales 125% with little other advertising.

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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