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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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In 2025, the Bruins recorded their worst home attendance at the Rose Bowl since the team moved there in 1982, averaging 37,282 spectators per game — far below the stadium’s capacity of 92,542.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Constance added that she had received reassurances from health chiefs that capacity could be expanded, but said it was important to do that in "a phased, planned way".

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Investors in the AI trade are becoming more selective and looking for parts of the ecosystem that are seeing orders and capacity additions, DeYonker told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

He says at a Morgan Stanley conference that hotels, cruise lines and car service providers are all jumping on the premium trend that started with airlines increasing their higher-class seating capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

It comes as the cybersecurity capacities of top models, including Anthropic’s Mythos, have helped fuel debate in Washington about how to regulate artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

He also launched a series of reforms on procurement and air defence capacities but struggled to overcome Ukraine's everlasting mobilisation problems.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

This tournament features more matches than ever before, and North American stadiums have enormous capacities to accommodate even more fans, naturally upping the consumption of this World Cup.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

If we can model its processes, it is because we have developed our own capacities for making nature-like artefacts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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