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Recent Examples of capital
Noun
After the acquittal, rare in capital murder cases in Tarrant County, Delancy, who is 34, was to be released from jail on Wednesday evening. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025 The funds from the bond sales can only go toward capital projects, not operational costs. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 12 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
  • The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Southwest Coast Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 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
  • My one and only visit was decades ago, in middle school, when my main priority was riding the roller coaster.
    Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to a cozy and updated three-bedroom, 1,600-square-foot main home, there’s a small 19th-century cabin with a rock chimney still standing on the property.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • After an excellent debut, Nikki Glaser has unsurprisingly been tapped to host the Golden Globes again.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
  • It is often climbed as a three day objective and is an excellent venue for extended roped glacier travel.
    Sean McNally, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While Georgia, Texas, California, New York, and Florida lead as the top states for engagement—with Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles as primary hubs—HillmanTok reaches users across all fifty states.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And this week, according to Amazon’s Movers and Shakers List (a hub that features the site’s trending products), shoppers are picking up a variety of time-saving gadgets and helpful tools for the kitchen.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And there are a wealth of productions for Cooperman to pull from, as the award-winning, nationally recognized CRT is a rotating company, which performs up to five different shows in a single weekend.
    Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • What Happens Next Tesla's performance will be crucial in determining whether Musk's wealth continues to decline or rebound.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • By Nellie Bowles March 31, 2020 Get Outside and Safely Visit a National Park Now is the time to start looking ahead, to spring and summer excursions in the great outdoors.
    Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Although Seattle’s skill talent has been great, Smith has never played behind even an average offensive line, and his last two offensive coordinators weren’t good enough to keep their jobs.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Carolinas’ food mecca of Charleston. California, then back. Management, failures and burnout.
    Jenny Hartley, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The celebrated Park Forest Plaza — one of the first suburban shopping malls in America, which had siphoned commerce from former shopping meccas such as downtown Chicago Heights — was one-upped in turn by Matteson’s indoor Lincoln Mall.
    Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025

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“Capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capital. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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