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capacious

[kuh-pey-shuhs] / kəˈpeɪ ʃəs /


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Shoshana Bean’s win for her featured performance as a persevering single mom, is a testament to the musical’s capacious heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Tanizaki’s capacious tale is as intricate as origami—and the Makioka women are memorable, both as subtly drawn individuals and a collective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In the three works by Ibarra on the program, she proved a capacious sonic visionary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

“The city needs to develop a sense of using its capacious authority to maximize the welfare of its own people,” he told me.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

Glancing around the helicopter’s capacious interior, I tried to fix the names of my teammates in my memory.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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