capacious
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For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the imagined world her characters inhabit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Normally, Colorado case law takes a relatively capacious view of how a crime’s “gravity” should be measured.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025
“The crossword is a uniquely capacious artifact ready to absorb and recast any group’s predilections and passions into puzzle form,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
“The city needs to develop a sense of using its capacious authority to maximize the welfare of its own people,” he told me.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025
And she pulled a lace kerchief from her capacious bosom, and dabbed at her daughter's cheeks, which had suddenly become covered with tears.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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