capital
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Concerns over stagnant car sales and high capital spending previously impacted Tesla; but a US-Iran cease-fire may be boosting markets.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
I lived part of my teen years in Brasília, the capital built from scratch whose architecture and urban planning have drawn equal parts fascination and disdain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Amsterdam-listed Prosus—a subsidiary of investment firm Naspers and the largest shareholder in China’s Tencent—said Friday that the stake to be divested to U.S. tech giant Uber makes up around 4.5% of Delivery Hero’s capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Upgrades through these loans can be treated as a public benefit and repaid through a special assessment on the property tax bill, which can reduce risk and lower capital costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
And let’s follow him into the story by jumping back five years to 1948, to the Soviet capital of Moscow in the early days of the Cold War.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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