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Recent Examples of capital
Noun
He was then arrested on Thursday, March 20, on a charge of capital murder while remuneration, according to court documents obtained by the outlets. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025 Another report indicated that 85% of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is under gang control. Azhar Fateh, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
She is also charged with non-capital murder in connection with the baby’s death. Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022 Flores pleaded guilty to non-capital murder and to arson, and Skinner sentenced him to two life sentences for murder and one for arson. Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 25 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for capital
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capital
Noun
  • Functionality of these three branches and the commensurate endurance of individual liberty center squarely on society’s universal respect for the rule of law.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Xavier Edwards opened the bottom of the first with a double, and Kyle Stowers followed with a 421-foot home run to straightaway center, his first of the season.
    Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Such efforts can help strengthen the protection of digital assets and customer data while addressing the evolving demands of API security.
    Michael Nicosia, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Data protection of organizations’ digital assets and consumer information is one of the critical areas where such collaboration is essential, especially as consumers place more emphasis on their personal data security.
    Michael Nicosia, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Sean Penn co-stars as the film’s main villain, a steely-eyed colonel who looked pretty frigging scary in the footage, while Benicio del Toro is DiCaprio’s gun-toting, gonzo comrade.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The president has touted these tariffs as a way to help the US government rely less on income taxes as a main form of revenue.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Dairy milk promotes growth and recovery Dairy milk is an excellent source of high-quality protein, containing all nine essential amino acids necessary for muscle repair and growth, said Heckler.
    Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The streamer is loaded with excellent shows of all genres, but it’s known for its large collection of sci-fi series like Severance, which had its season 2 finale on March 20, For All Mankind and Silo, among others.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This is particularly important in Lisbon which, as a hub for TAP Air Portugal, competes for connecting market share with Madrid in the Iberian peninsula, and more broadly across Europe.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • One option is 45 minutes away at the major Delta Airlines hub Salt Lake City, home to major sports teams and plenty of venues, which has long played Sundance programming and has a lively film community.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Peer learning and mentorship can provide insights into best practices for wealth accumulation.
    Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Poulter plays a radically un-self-aware scion of a billionaire family in A24’s absurdist comedy about wealth and privilege (which also stars Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Téa Leoni).
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Temu and Shein have taken steps to grow their operations in the U.S. as the de minimis loophole has come under greater scrutiny.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This assignment begins with secondary and higher educational institutions taking greater strides to enrich offerings civics instruction.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Since its founding in 1869, the university has turned Carbondale into a tiny cultural mecca and a powerful economic engine in an otherwise vast, rural region that has been battered by the decline of manufacturing and coal mining.
    Molly Parker, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Critics of the loophole point to Walt Disney as among the first to take advantage of it decades ago when developing its tourist mecca of resorts and theme parks near Orlando.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capital. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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