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capacious

[kuh-pey-shuhs] / kəˈpeɪ ʃəs /


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The main body of the show, mounted in capacious glass cabinets, is organized around his most notable books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

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

“The crossword is a uniquely capacious artifact ready to absorb and recast any group’s predilections and passions into puzzle form,” he writes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 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




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