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Example Sentences
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His arrest followed a warrant issued on Tuesday by the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, after he failed to appear at a hearing to face charges of forgery and impersonation.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Liang has sought to raise capital at a valuation of $71 billion or more, some of them said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Albanese said Australia "cannot settle for a short-term boom in capital expenditure and construction".
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Ottawa, the federal capital of Canada, and Toronto, highs are expected to reach 100.4F on Tuesday, with temperatures feeling even hotter because of high humidity levels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
All that was clear was that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing capital
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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