capital
Example Sentences
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“In a country with fragile international reserves, lack of access to capital markets, raising that kind of money would be very difficult for Argentina,” said Maril.
In the 1830s, however, the city, then the capital of East Prussia, was “still bathed in the amber glow of the late Enlightenment,” as Christopher Clark tells us in “A Scandal in Königsberg.”
West of Cairo, Egypt’s capital, a beautifully tended cemetery, roses and all, carries the graves of many of Montgomery’s Eighth Army, their names and regiments carefully inscribed on the pink limestone.
Two state capitals helped tip the balance: Columbus, Ohio, and Lansing, Mich. Both posted net gains in domestic migrants in the last measured year after net losses the year before.
Ensieh, a dentist in the capital, said every day she is "losing more hope".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
