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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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Iran will also emerge from the conflict with the military capacity to close the strait, through which roughly 20% of the world’s petroleum passes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The agreement expands Sharon AI’s total AI factory capacity to 132 megawatts, with 102 megawatts already contracted to customers.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The effect isn’t to lampoon but to confront his raw emotion and to test his capacity for resilience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

They reveal the complex sentencing exercise, including submissions about the boys' neurological impairments and their capacity to understand the impact that they had had on the victims.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

It seemed a kindly gesture and Briony was touched by her sister’s capacity for forgiveness, if this was what it was.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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