capital
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Investors have long been anxious about Oracle’s heavy capital spending burden.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
SpaceX also met the expectations of Samuel Kerr, global head of ECM at Mergermarket, who called Friday a “historic” day for capital markets.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
Forty years later, Pope Pius XI, in “Quadragesimo Anno,” criticized concentrations of capital amid the widespread destitution during the Great Depression, but he also criticized the totalitarian responses sweeping Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Hundreds of students took to the streets of Indonesia's capital on Friday to protest government policies they said could "bankrupt" the country.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
How Maggie’s spirit appeared at a séance in America’s capital two days before her death was announced in the newspapers remains a mystery.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing capital
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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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