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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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Saudi Arabia is building a major new airport in Riyadh with a planned capacity of 120 million passengers a year by 2030, compared to 53 million at the existing King Khalid International Airport.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“We’re going to upgrade the capacity of our nuclear fleet. And we’re going to keep encouraging this administration and others to say, ‘We’ve got to build more nuclear in this country.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Nine percent of the 69,000 capacity at Seattle Stadium is 6,210.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"We go out of Taiwan to build capacity based on customers' demand. The customers want us to go there. It's not the request of government," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In spite of everything, there was in the life I fled a zest and a joy and a capacity for facing and surviving disaster that are very moving and very rare.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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