capital

Example Sentences

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Iraq launched attacks on the Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, but that was primarily a land war fought far from the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

For Steinberg, the campaign has grown beyond just wanting to see movies again in a favorite venue and into something about who truly owns the cultural capital of the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Neurocrine will fund the transaction with cash on hand, and plans to “optimize its capital structure” by assuming a modest amount of pre-payable debt.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

However, as nuclear fusion attracts more public and private capital, Bechtel expects researchers to overcome these problems and make fusion a commercially viable source of energy by 2050.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

When he said he’d trained at the capital, somehow I’d assumed he meant he trained in Paris, the capital of France.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse