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as in position
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 role
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 ability
the physical or mental power to do something
not everyone has the capacity for learning higher math
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Recent Examples of capacity
Rogers Centre was sold out; watch parties at Scotiabank Arena and Nathan Phillips Square were at capacity too.
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The restaurant has been open in some capacity 1964, but its latest iteration is the most fun—and memory worthy.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
The temple, which has a maximum capacity of 3,000, contained about 25,000 at the time of the incident, according to the outlet.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Of course, the vehicle in question will need to meet a few other requirements, like having a hitch receiver capable of carrying 85 kg (188 lb), a ball hitch installed, and a pair of roof crossbars with a 75-kg (165-lb) load capacity or higher.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The restaurant has been open in some capacity 1964, but its latest iteration is the most fun—and memory worthy.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
The temple, which has a maximum capacity of 3,000, contained about 25,000 at the time of the incident, according to the outlet.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Of course, the vehicle in question will need to meet a few other requirements, like having a hitch receiver capable of carrying 85 kg (188 lb), a ball hitch installed, and a pair of roof crossbars with a 75-kg (165-lb) load capacity or higher.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capacity
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The map displays the 40 airports required by the FAA to reduce flights, which are primarily major airports in large cities with high volumes of air traffic.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Mayer, the iconic poet perhaps best known for her poem tracing midwinter day in a volume of that title, took a roll of film for each day of a month and maintained a daily diary.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Regulatory filings from Monday reveal that Michael Burry, the esteemed short seller known for his big bet against the subprime mortgage market in 2008, has taken out a short position in both Palantir and Nvidia.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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This year, the actor Jonathan Bailey was named to the honorary unpaid position.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The wins over Villa and Madrid were achieved with Andy Robertson restored at left-back, at the expense of new signing Milos Kerkez, and with Dominik Szoboszlai bringing more balance and physical presence by reprising last season’s advanced-midfield role.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Because he was getting agitated by the role.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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His players marveled at this ability to focus.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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As both a player and in his post-playing career, Craig has displayed an ability to elevate those around him.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Duffy had been angling to hold on to the NASA job, according to media reports.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ausberry was promoted to the interim job in Woodward’s place, and the board gave him the authority to lead the coaching hire.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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However, this approach defeats the primary purpose of insurance, which is to protect against catastrophic costs in the event of an unexpected medical crisis.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Grief pressed in, but so did purpose.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Analysts note that this second prototype includes notable upgrades, including angular exhaust nozzles that replace the recessed versions seen on the earlier model, underscoring China’s push to close the gap with US air combat capabilities.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Its chief investment vehicle is Humain, a homegrown company that is building out a full stack of data centers, cloud capabilities, large language models and applications.—
Tala Alrajjal,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Capacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capacity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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