Thesaurus results for CAPITALS

capitals

noun

plural of capital

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest during the 1980s Silicon Valley became the capital of the computer industry

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Recent Examples of capitals As the footprint expands across major creative capitals, both founders remain adamantly protective of the core intimacy that defines their mission. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 Beyond aesthetics, is there anything to be gleaned from Huang’s large, looping capitals or from Brockman’s wobbly lowercase initials? — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The streamer is also hosting major premieres of the series across the country in capitals like Goiânia, Brazil’s capital of sertanejo, and Belo Horizonte. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 Floral motifs appear throughout the mosque’s floors and walls, while columns rise like flower stems, each inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semi-precious stones that climb toward capitals shaped like palm fronds. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 The job included planning intelligence and sabotage missions from the Adriatic to the Black Sea and running spy networks across the entire region, from capitals like Prague, Bucharest, and Tirana to mountains in Greece and Yugoslavia. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Western capitals, in turn, could quickly provide Kyiv with more long-range weapons and lift all political and technical restrictions on how they can be used. — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Similar demonstrations were held in state capitals including Valencia, Maracaibo and Merida. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitals

Noun

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Paired with on-site energy storage, SSTs could turn data centers from blunt-force loads into more flexible participants in the grid.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

Trump won the area handily in 2020 and 2024 and the arena placed the president hours away from the state’s blue-leaning hubs in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Should inventory be staged closer to fulfillment centers or major retail distribution hubs?

— Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of hubs

Noun

Food meccas include Pier 57 (hit Nom Wah for legendary dim sum, or LoLo’s on the Water for the fish fry) and, of course, Chelsea Market (try Miznon’s pita cheeseburger and roasted cauliflower, and Ayada’s mango sticky rice).

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of meccas or meeting places for diehard fans, live sporting events try to position themselves as major cultural moments.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of meccas

Noun

Space42 expects new services to require time to build subscriber bases, establish commercial packages, and secure adoption, with Sabbagh estimating this could take one to three years.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Caminero took his time rounding the bases before touching home plate, and the Rays fans in the stadium matched his energy the entire time.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of bases

Noun

From elaborate cocktail shrimp towers down to pigs in a blanket and grape jelly meatballs in slow cookers, these dishes are returning to our homes and our hearts.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Our hearts are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who knew him.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hearts

Noun

Is an individual even a network, or is an individual just a genome, tiny little nuclei floating inside this tube?

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Those elementary particles, first detected experimentally in 1956, travel through space, interacting only rarely with electrons and atomic nuclei.

— Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026