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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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The Energy Department also waived emissions rules so fossil-fuel plants could run at maximum capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal

All season long there's been questions asked of them and their capacity to keep going, to keep threatening to rip up the established order of things in Scotland.

From BBC

The White House has limited capacity to regulate institutional housing investors without an act of Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our capacity needs to be fully used -- we should work 48 hours a day."

From Barron's

While Europe has increased its defense production in recent years, its fragmented industry currently lacks the capacity of its U.S. peers, which are financed by the world’s largest military budget.

From The Wall Street Journal