capital

Example Sentences

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The streets of the state capital Guadalajara were almost empty as stores, pharmacies and gas stations shut down.

From Barron's

Flights were suspended at the airport in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco.

From Los Angeles Times

But jobs are soon created as productivity supplies excess capital to invest in new and more complex problems.

From The Wall Street Journal

This warps market incentives, discourages fair competition, and introduces long-term risk to private capital.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Iran, the BBC has verified footage of demonstrators marching on the campus of the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran on Saturday.

From BBC