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as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay
served in the capacity of the network's White House correspondent for a year
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as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
offered advice in his capacity as a lawyer
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as in abilities
the physical or mental power to do something
not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math
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Recent Examples of capacities
After a nearly two-month search for a successor, Yankee GM Brian Cashman elected to stay in house and last week named 44-year-old Mario Garza, who’s spent 16 years in various capacities in the Yankees minor league and scouting departments, as the new international scouting director.
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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Melbourne Park does have three smaller show courts with capacities between 3,000 and 5,000 and no reserved seating.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Since Covid, the traumas have outpaced many of our personal capacities to productively process this history and our present society.
—Ed Bok Lee, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The Washington Post last month reported on the federal efforts to open new detention centers, and the ICE documents reviewed by The News reveal specific locations, capacities and the scale of the Texas expansion.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The model numbers, colors and, most importantly, storage capacities were captured by the publication.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Fuel prices became more volatile, batteries became cheaper, and charging capacities improved dramatically.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
The German faction split from the others, calling for an immediate mobilization of avant-garde artists rather than trusting the revolutionary capacities of the workers.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
That conundrum, however, slid easily into a failure of imagination and, specifically, an inability to credit the capacities of people who were not white.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Melbourne Park does have three smaller show courts with capacities between 3,000 and 5,000 and no reserved seating.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Since Covid, the traumas have outpaced many of our personal capacities to productively process this history and our present society.
—Ed Bok Lee, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
The Washington Post last month reported on the federal efforts to open new detention centers, and the ICE documents reviewed by The News reveal specific locations, capacities and the scale of the Texas expansion.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The model numbers, colors and, most importantly, storage capacities were captured by the publication.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Fuel prices became more volatile, batteries became cheaper, and charging capacities improved dramatically.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
The German faction split from the others, calling for an immediate mobilization of avant-garde artists rather than trusting the revolutionary capacities of the workers.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
That conundrum, however, slid easily into a failure of imagination and, specifically, an inability to credit the capacities of people who were not white.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capacities
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In autonomous tests, the robot unscrews bottle caps, extracts individual pills from organizers despite occlusion, dispenses precise syringe volumes under variable resistance, and selects small metal parts from cluttered containers.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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In April, the US tariff shock sent average volumes above €1 billion per day for the first time, XTX said.—
Anna Irrera,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some colleagues left their jobs, but others navigated the situation and rose into more powerful positions.—
Chris Lipp,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Quarterback coach, offensive passing game coordinator, linebackers coach, defensive line coach and other defensive staff positions are all unfilled.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her education career spans more than two decades and includes previous leadership roles as an assistant principal at two other elementary schools.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Amazon initiated a big round of job cuts in October, removing 14,000 corporate roles and gutting its video games division.—
Spencer Soper,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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OpenMind, a robotics software company, has launched a new robot app store designed to let humanoid and quadruped robots gain new skills and abilities.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Neem oil affects insects' feeding abilities and acts as a repellent.—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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The company has been generating revenue since shortly after its founding in 2017, hauling loads for customers like Walmart in trucks with human safety drivers at the wheel.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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That should also decrease the likelihood of mass layoffs or displacement, giving workers a chance to find jobs elsewhere.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Weaver interviewed for a half dozen head coaching jobs in this cycle, but did not interview for the Dolphins’ head job.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Trump has tried to extract billions of dollars from universities and has succeeded in squeezing more than $400 million from four of them — Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Northwestern — for purposes of his choosing.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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L3Harris’ Red Wolf systems will fill a gap in modern warfare with long-range precision weapons capabilities.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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Saturday’s game proved Woll, who had lost his previous five outings, has high-end capabilities and can rebound after a tough stretch.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Capacities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capacities. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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