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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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Paulson said a crisis in the Treasury market would differ in a crucial way from the 2008 financial meltdown, when the U.S. government still had enough fiscal capacity to step in and contain the damage.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

The Philippine government asked the developer of the MTerra Solar project, in which infrastructure investor Actis owns a stake, about building more solar capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Under Bass, city officials decided to double the capacity of the project, which will transform wastewater into 45 million gallons of pure drinking water a day, enough for 500,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Cornella's stadium has a capacity of 1,500 capacity, while Arsenal keeper David Raya and ex-Barcelona and Inter Miami defender Jordi Alba both came through the club's ranks.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Physiologically, there has been no significant improvement in our tool-making capacity over the last 30,000 years.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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