capital
Example Sentences
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The major motorways that strike west from the capital bypass the county entirely; the trains from London Waterloo to the local station at Dorchester take a leisurely three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Microsoft is among the data-center developers catching flak for lofty capital expenditures in the face of the data-center buildout.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Winemakers in Argentina's wine capital rely on fresh water from the Andes mountains to irrigate their crops.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Vance is slated to meet with Iranian officials in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad starting on Saturday, after the two countries agreed on Tuesday to a two-week cease-fire.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Unsatisfied with the local authorities’ assessment, Choi’s brother took the vases to much higher authorities in the South Korean capital of Seoul, who had a much different reaction.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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