reserve capacity
Americannoun
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“Our findings suggest there is often a reserve capacity for improvement in later life,” she said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
"When patients arrive in a neurology clinic they have used up their internal reserve capacity, so the progression of weakness is often rapid."
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
There was still enough reserve capacity in most regions to keep the lights on.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Because the TV provider operates its own closed network in a given geographic location, it can engineer and reserve capacity for TV delivery in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
There is only one method by which we can hope to call forth this great reserve capacity of British labour, and that is by securing its confidence.
From Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 by Various
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