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capital

[kap-i-tl] / ˈkæp ɪ tl /




NOUN
uppercase written symbol
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
lowercase lowercase letter
WEAK


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On Thursday afternoon, in the steamy heat of the Mexican capital, this hallowed stadium became the first to host matches at three different World Cups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The costs had often been met by host-country taxpayers' capital budgets.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“However, the dollar amount is not enough to move the needle in terms of gross capital flows in and out of the U.S.,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief macro strategist at Clocktower Group.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia, and Vistra are founding investors behind Helix, which has more than $10 billion of committed capital.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The headline is in all capital letters, inches high, marching across the entire top third of the newspaper.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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