capital
Example Sentences
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A number of Japanese companies in recent years have taken full control of listed units and affiliates or sold them as the Japanese government has pressed them for higher capital efficiency and better corporate governance.
Hokkaido is known to be the ski capital of Japan and welcomes millions of visitors every year, with the bulk of them staying during the winter months for ski holidays.
From BBC
Firefighters received the report of the blaze at 8:31 pm Sunday at a nursing home in the North Sulawesi provincial capital Manado, said the city's fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu.
From Barron's
I had asked him why Rajasthan's amber-hued capital - thriving with tourists drawn to its opulent palaces and majestic forts - looked so ramshackle.
From BBC
He grew up in the 1990s in a very different Beijing - grand and imposing, but not the capital of an economic giant.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
