capacity
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Minister have pledged to invest £7bn in a prison building programme which will expand capacity by 14,000 cells by 2031.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But industry executives say that it doesn’t have the financial power and capacity to churn out weapons in the numbers needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The researchers also pushed the system further by increasing its capacity to 18 videos in a single optical pass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The energy consulting firm expects capacity to slide to 17.45 million barrels a day this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
However, our capacity to cooperate with large numbers of strangers has improved dramatically.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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But we are finding alternate capacities and alternate routes for cargo outside Dubai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Understanding how non-human animals responded to death provides insight into their emotional lives, social bonds, and cognitive capacities."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The suit names Paxton and Stephen Brint Carlton, the executive director of the Texas Medical Board, in their official and individual capacities, as well as Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales in his official capacity.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
The company is seeking to slash production capacities as it struggles with weak demand, and had already decided in 2024 to end vehicle production at the factory by 2027.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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