capable
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Capable of complex thought, Del Toro’s version of the monster ponders the punishment of existence and the cruelty of its maker.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Capable of making short work of service games and dominating from the baseline, Draper has also been thinking carefully about two things central to many of our daily lives: smart phones and caffeine.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024
Capable of self-assembly, BCP's craft diverse nanoscale structures, finding widespread applications across fields covering semiconductor and medicine.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024
Capable of rearing 30,000 trees a year just before Santofimio's death, the nursery now boasts a capacity of 100,000 a year, Lopez said.
From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2023
Capable, in its own fashion, of surviving even that which we’re not really managing to survive.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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