cubages

plural of cubage
as in capacities
the largest number or amount that something can hold pipes with a cubage of over 1,000 cubic meters

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Noun
  • Jeff Miles, the environmental services director at the Unified Government, said in May that cleaning trash out of area drains and grates, as well as the completion of the storm/sewer system separation, would open up the capacities for area stormwater lines.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than competing directly with technology and AI, this model strengthens the distinctly human capacities that AI cannot replicate.
    Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Industry officials defended carbon capture and storage as having an inherently low risk and say emerging technologies, such as storing carbon dioxide in basalt formations where it becomes mineralized, could dramatically increase total storage volumes.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • On average, those runners returned to training within six weeks of giving birth and reached 80% of their prepregnancy training volumes by three months.
    Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Cubages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubages. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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