capital

Example Sentences

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“Most stations were out,” said Kristina Topalović, a tour guide in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

They travel by bus to the healer's home on the outskirts of the capital.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

She spoke of one audience member, a relative of someone who was murdered, who became more open to a debate about the merits of capital punishment after seeing the opera.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

But there’s a lot more to Meta than that product, including aggressive capital spending to keep up in the AI race and the loss of two landmark social-media addiction trials last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Then in 1790, when the national capital was moved to Philadelphia, Jefferson moved, too.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis