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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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“Headline bigger than capacity on offer,” wrote Bernstein analyst David Veron on Wednesday, adding the “service offering won’t be comparable.”

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Gov. Tiff Macklem said economic weakness and rising inflation create a dilemma, with spare capacity expected to persist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Hillary Dawa had experience working in this capacity in previous years, but he was late in his career."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The news releases don’t mention if there is a maximum capacity for the events.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The moral law applies to rational, language-using creatures, and the law of nature binds all human beings by virtue of their capacity to recognize that there are moral obligations that are common to them all.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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