capable
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Capable of complex thought, Del Toro’s version of the monster ponders the punishment of existence and the cruelty of its maker.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Capable of removing 36,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, an amount similar to taking 8,000 petrol cars off the road, Mammoth is almost 10 times larger than Climeworks’ first commercial plant called Orca.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024
Capable of killing a wide range of cancer cells, doxorubicin and other similar chemotherapy medications are known to be toxic to the heart.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
Capable of rearing 30,000 trees a year just before Santofimio's death, the nursery now boasts a capacity of 100,000 a year, Lopez said.
From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2023
Capable, in its own fashion, of surviving even that which we’re not really managing to survive.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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