capacious

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Tanizaki’s capacious tale is as intricate as origami—and the Makioka women are memorable, both as subtly drawn individuals and a collective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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

Designed to fit comfortably under your shoulder, the capacious interior is unlined, so everything from your water bottle to your car keys can bask in Italian craftsmanship.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

New and more capacious understandings of queerness, and growing numbers of queer and trans people, are just part of this change.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2025

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