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
Theatergoers of today rarely if ever encounter the workings of a mind so capacious in its interests and abilities as his.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 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
It would be one thing if Amnesty issued a report calling for a more capacious definition of genocide under international law.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024
And she pulled a lace kerchief from her capacious bosom, and dabbed at her daughter's cheeks, which had suddenly become covered with tears.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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