capstone
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Definition of capstone
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Synonyms & Antonyms for capstone
Synonyms
acme, apex, apogee, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, high noon, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
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Examples of capstone in a Sentence
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Students participate in a capstone project and a series of labs that progress toward mastery of the college and career readiness skills of an entry-level position in this industry sector. — Ramona Sentinel, "Mentors needed to assist Career Technical Education students," 22 Aug. 2019 Ethics and morality are the capstones; the rest must flow from there. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Your Say: Election 2020 priorities," 2 Aug. 2019 For Trump, who loves the theater of international affairs and relishes unpredictability, such a head-snapping turn of events would be the capstone to an eventful trip to Asia. — Keith Bradsher, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump and Xi agree to restart trade talks, avoiding escalation in tariff war," 29 June 2019 OneDay was meant to substitute for a semester-long capstone course for undergraduate students in ASU’s management program, Beck said. — Rachel Leingang, azcentral, "Lawsuit: ASU owes $1M for video game that would have replaced business course," 20 June 2019 The water battle was the capstone of the third day of camp C.O.P.S., a day camp in its 21st year in Carroll County. — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Camp C.O.P.S. means fierce but friendly competition," 17 July 2019 This case was the capstone of a series of controversies in which the Court had engaged in a tug of war with the presidency and the Congress over the rights of enemy combatants detained in the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. — Carson Holloway, National Review, "John Roberts: A Political Judge?," 20 June 2019 After doing the same with the symphonies of Beethoven and Jean Sibelius, Mahler will act as the capstone on their collaboration. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: Emotional extremes fill Minnesota Orchestra’s season-closing Mahler," 13 June 2019 Her capstone for her master’s degree in information science at the University of North Carolina used Jeopardy! clues to assess how wording and length in trivia questions could impact their difficulty. — Mahita Gajanan, Time, "Who Is Emma Boettcher? Meet the Strategic Librarian Who Dethroned Jeopardy! Champ James Holzhauer," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'capstone.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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