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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The phrase was originally associated with Sutskever, who used it to caution his colleagues about the risks of artificial general intelligence—the threshold at which machines match human cognitive capacities.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026 -
The lawsuit sues multiple parties, including the City of Memphis, Walmart, Walmart employees, and two Memphis police officers in their individual and official capacities.—
Lucas Finton,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
30 Mar. 2026
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But traffic volumes remain at a fraction of pre-war levels, with an average of 20 million barrels of crude oil and products transiting through per day in 2025.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Right now, huge volumes of unusually warm water are spreading under the ocean surface from the Western to the Eastern tropical Pacific, where that water slowly rises to the surface in a clear precursor to El Niño.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Cubages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cubages. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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