How to Use carrying capacity in a Sentence

carrying capacity

noun
  • And the dirt-carrying capacity of all these vacuums is rather small.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2020
  • As a result, some sections of the canal have seen their carrying capacity reduced by more than 50%.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Harpoon missiles to knock out 72% of such a fleet’s tank-carrying capacity.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Bradley insists the transportation plan must consider the canyon’s carrying capacity, or how many people can use the canyon at any one time.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The tiny dip could have been a statistical anomaly or a sign the richest eagle habitat in the state has reached carrying capacity.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Two-engine jets burn less fuel yet grew to closely match the 747’s carrying capacity.
    — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • These shipowners and ocean carriers have to pay $50 per net ton of the cargo-carrying capacity of a vessel calling the port.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The system boasts a very high carrying capacity, capable of loading up to four kayaks, with a total weight over 300 pounds.
    — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 20 May 2022
  • Another measure is balance with habitat and with people that live there, which is social carrying capacity.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2021
  • The 17-year-old must have a big heart, considering her oxygen-carrying capacity.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Where the vegetation of the great African plateau is replaced by crop plants, many soils either set rock-hard or erode, and carrying capacity declines.
    — Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2010
  • The density of nanotubes can also vary from spot to spot, which will result in transistors with a wide variety of current-carrying capacities.
    — Max Shulaker, IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2016
  • Nelson worries about carrying capacity — a term ecologists use to estimate what an area can sustainably handle long term.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The population is reduced from previous decades but remains close to the lake's carrying capacity given a number of big system changes.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • In some cases, the losses brought populations in line with the natural carrying capacity of the native rangeland.
    — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Phillips is able shoot so many deer a year because Fairfax County has deer populations that far exceed the area’s carrying capacity.
    — Alex Robinson & Natalie Krebs/outdoor Life, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The Mission Plank Road was so popular that demand stretched its carrying capacity.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • This is especially important for mountain climbers, who must adapt to altitude in order to help their body increase the oxygen carrying capacity in the blood.
    — Sadeesh K. Ramakrishnan, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The loss of about 5% of its fleet is causing Southwest to take the unusual step of shrinking rather than growing its passenger-carrying capacity.
    — David Koenig, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
  • Tests showed that the prototype’s load-carrying capacity was 20% better, even though its cross-section was 15% smaller.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Yandex has increased the dimensions and carrying capacity of the Rovers over time, to accommodate larger loads.
    — Greg Gardner, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • In any case, my reason for bringing this up is because Maersk has for decades been the largest shipping company by carrying capacity—until recently.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Slashing public services to the bone will create long-term damage to the economy, and therefore to the debt-carrying capacity of the American state.
    — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Scientists at that time thought gray whales had hit carrying capacity — that there were too many whales for the ecosystem to support — and the extended sea ice might have prevented them from reaching their feeding grounds.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The railway’s freight-carrying capacity was miscalculated and has proved to be only 40% of what was predicted.
    — The Economist, 29 June 2019
  • In the hybrids, Toyota relocated the big battery from the trunk to beneath the rear seats, so owners don't have to sacrifice carrying capacity for the extra mpg.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Ford also said that the tire on the truck had the incorrect load-carrying capacity, which led it to fail, and the Hills had improperly used their seat belts, according to the court documents.
    — Nora Eckert, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022
  • But this does not negate the broader point that animals generally move up to the carrying capacity of the local ecosystem rather quickly because of the nature of natural increase.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2010
  • Space Vizzion was to combine an aerodynamic design with high people- and cargo-carrying capacity, VW says.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • That’s nearly 5% of Southwest’s fleet and 8% of the airline’s passenger-carrying capacity.
    — Washington Post, 25 July 2019

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