capability
Example Sentences
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“All countries do have agency, even if they are in dire circumstances. But whether you have the wit to recognize your agency and the capability to exercise it, these are different matters,” Kausikan said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A US official told the BBC that Kenya was selected due to "proximity, airports in the region having limited capability, and to ensure Americans can be treated in a timely manner".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The $1 trillion startup warns that artificial-intelligence models are nearing the capability to improve without human intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
This capability enabled the team not only to identify gases surrounding the comet's nucleus, but also to map how those gases were distributed around the object.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Or was there something mixed up in their blood, maybe in their brains too, which made them capable of accomplishing prodigious feats, which seemed beyond the capability of even the best among us?
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing capability
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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Vocabulary from texts about Colin Powell
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President Obama's Speech at Hiroshima
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