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capacious

[kuh-pey-shuhs] / kəˈpeɪ ʃəs /


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Starbucks Korea caused an uproar this year when it launched a "Tank Day" promotion on May 18, touting a new line of capacious tumblers for its coffee beverages.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The central argument of “Democracy Matters,” situated in a single, capacious, airy gallery, is largely unassailable: that our democracy has always been aspirational—a work in progress too often undercut by U.S. laws and practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Shoshana Bean’s win for her featured performance as a persevering single mom, is a testament to the musical’s capacious heart.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the imagined world her characters inhabit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Glancing around the helicopter’s capacious interior, I tried to fix the names of my teammates in my memory.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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