Example Sentences

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But the prospect of a job interview seems so far beyond his capacities he wonders if he’ll end up living on the street.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

She called for thorough investigation of "the chain of events here, and what we can learn from it, and what it says about the capacities we need".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He expects the company to require “tens of billions more funding” in order to ramp up its data-center capacities in Texas, Oklahoma and British Columbia.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

She worked in a variety of capacities including arts critic, arts editor, books editor and member of the Editorial Board.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“Hazel Grace, could I, with my meager intellectual capacities, make up a letter from Peter Van Houten featuring phrases like ‘our triumphantly digitized contemporaneity’?”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green