capacity

Example Sentences

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No, the picture is not entirely doom and gloom — the push for renewable energy is breaking all kinds of records, too, reaching roughly 50% of global energy capacity last year.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Volunteer firefighters like Maitree Nuanja do their best to bolster limited local capacity, relying heavily on donations such as drinking water and face masks.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But that’s more an issue of capacity over top-down interference.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

"We've always felt the local authority lacked the capacity or resources to deal with a complex and controversial plan of this nature."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

We have a higher self, a capacity for transcendence.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander