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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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Montgomery, the state capital, is over 60% African American.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

As venture capital has evolved, one investing truism remains: Home runs usually result from contrarian bets, rather than from diversifying a portfolio or chasing a hot sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

He said the release will likely "cause a reckoning in the capital markets" since it "brings into question what the dominance will be" of US-based, closed-source models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Spending on memory chips accounts for about 35% to 40% of hyperscaler capital expenditures, Arya said, which is two to three times higher than it has been historically.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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