capital
Example Sentences
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Since Russia threatened to step up attacks on the capital, Kyiv, about a week ago, many spent nights in underground shelters.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Whether it can manage the billions in new capital needed to fuel its AI ambitions without putting those gains at risk remains to be seen.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Its previously stated plan to spend as much as $190 billion this year on capital expenditures would still leave the company producing nearly $26 billion in free cash flow, based on current consensus estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Historically, that conservative approach was seen as prudent, protecting investors from speculative excess and ensuring that index constituents demonstrated operational viability before gaining access to trillions of dollars of public capital flows.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
All that was clear was that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing capital
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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