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capability

[key-puh-bil-i-tee] / ˌkeɪ pəˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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What he said: “We projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Chinese artificial-intelligence startups are rapidly closing the capability gap with U.S. pioneers like OpenAI and Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Eradicating corruption "is a matter of our capability to survive," Fedorov said, adding "we have a systemic crisis of governance."

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

That capability could be especially useful for biological materials in water, including individual cells and bacteria.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Odd too is the effect produced when he uses academic jargon—bubbles at the tip of his tongue: ‘Topos... negative capability... vegetation imagery in Shakespearean comedy.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

“Better late than never,” said Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, noting how closely Taiwan had studied how Ukrainian drone units built asymmetric warfare capabilities from the “battlefield of blood and tears.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The Zume patents could help Miso Robotics expand Flippy's capabilities, suggests Hull, though he does not cite any specific example.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Muse, said they thought management did a “great job of refocusing investors on the company’s unique capabilities that will drive outsized growth.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

By placing bets on acquiring a full fleet of uncrewed systems, including aerial and undersea drones, Taiwan hopes to build defensive capabilities intended to make its far more powerful adversary think twice about invading.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Then Marty said, “Yeah. That may have cost us a few. Hey, how about the great foaming capabilities of Coke?”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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