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capstone

[kap-stohn] / ˈkæpˌstoʊn /






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That selection, spread over the final three of the exhibition’s 10 galleries, is both the retrospective’s capstone and highlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Then came a capstone class project to fix a company’s talent-acquisition woes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

The company passed its capstone review with the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to increase its 737 MAX production to 47 jets a month, Ortberg said at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions investor conference Wednesday.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

"A capstone is intended to challenge students to integrate skills, function as an effective team and demonstrate their ability to solve real problems. And this problem was a doozy."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

For this, he needed equipment to manage intense radioactivities and, as a capstone, a nuclear reactor—the one nuclear technology that had eluded Lawrence’s grasp.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In our eagerness to treat Oscar victories as career capstones, do we pay too little attention to the opportunities that are supposed to come afterward, yet often don’t?

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

The century-old concrete slabs need new capstones and weatherproofing, and the grounds need new trails, facilities and signage, Schafroth said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021

And, each year, JDC capstones a year-round effort in the Quad-Cities to improve equality, education and a community that better serves everyone.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2016

Tom Rogers' excellent design not only evokes the monumentality of the cathedral, but also, through ropes, pulleys and capstones, shows it as a vertical building site.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2012

In Scandinavia, on the other hand, such dome-roofed chambers are unknown, and the construction of the chambers as a rule is megalithic, five or six monoliths supporting one or more capstones of enormous size.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various


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