capital
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Long before forts, churches or written records marked this coastline, a group of travellers left Akwamufie, the historic capital of the Akwamu Kingdom.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
He served as managing director at Thiel-run hedge funds and venture capital firms.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
He said the capital budget could be cut back to fund the road, or you could use the investment model, "but that is expensive once the payments have to be made".
From BBC • May 2, 2026
“Not going to burn capital on Casey,” a senior White House legislative-affairs staffer in October told a Senate staffer working to schedule her confirmation hearing, in a text message reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Why, for example, wasn’t AIG required to reserve capital against them?
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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