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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

Legacy software sales declined 2%, and cloud software underperformed, while OCI expansion drives $70 billion in capital expenditures.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

By early June, the Germans were within forty miles of Paris, close enough to bombard the French capital with the long-range guns the Allies called Big Berthas.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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