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Example Sentences
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Able to speak when she was younger, she has primarily used eye-gaze technology to communicate since 2017.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Able to pass for decades younger, he now basks in life on the other side of infamy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Able Americans is one of the only conservative think tank projects dedicated entirely to disability policy.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2025
"Able Seamen do not get piped aboard ship," the Royal Navy said.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
“What if we called them ‘It’s Not Easy Being Winged: Rules and Guidelines for the Recently Able to Fly’?”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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