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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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Americold, the world’s second-biggest operator of refrigerated warehouses by capacity, said Thursday it swung to a profit of $683 million in the third quarter from a loss of $11 million a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

They highlighted in particular the risk of a prolonged permitting freeze by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and said the worst case would put 30.3 gigawatts of planned 2028 capacity at risk.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Tonight is about capitalising on the additional capability and capacity we've got deployed tonight," he told officers at a Fettes police station briefing.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

That is comparable to the combined yearly electricity production of roughly 130 continuously operating nuclear power plants, each with a capacity of about one gigawatt.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Germany has built up import capacities, including with new LNG delivery terminals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Europe has realised its security depends on space, and it must "strengthen its satellite capacities, urgently," a spokesperson for the European Commission told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Free from drugs and violence, and with treatment for mental illness, they discover spirituality and their creative capacities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

We are building capacities on the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They had come closer together, relying on and valuing each other’s capacities.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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