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able

[ey-buhl] / ˈeɪ bəl /




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Bradnam said he had only recently been able to contact the probe due to health issues and a family bereavement.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

So as you get older, your brain is less able to register these signals and may cause your joints to bear weight unevenly.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

A study looking at adherence to the Mediterranean diet among U.S. college students found that those with more financial security were better able to follow the Mediterranean diet than those with more financial constraints.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

“We were able to approach the bird quietly, without disturbing it,” Kanowa said, attributing the win to the super-stealthy electric truck she was driving.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

That way, when he sees how supportive and helpful I am, helping him get what he wants, he won’t be able to say no to me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Jimmy Carter was one of the abler residents, in his mid-seventies—too able for tracing letters.

From The New Yorker Oct. 1, 2018

This leaves the real study of real economics, in the real world, wide open for abler minds.

From Forbes Apr. 17, 2015

For every Metzenbaum and Ottinger, there may be half a dozen abler candidates who cannot raise enough money to campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is widely considered abler, more vigorous and more cultivated than his elder brother.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Getting Lemoncello to cancel these so-called Olympic Games? Couldn’t have done it in an abler manner myself.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Cox proved to be Young’s ablest intelligence gatherer, even if the occasional bribes she endorsed put her agents at needless risk.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s chief Supreme Court lawyer, is widely considered one of the ablest high-court advocates.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, he described Ms Sturgeon as being "one of the ablest communicators in politics".

From BBC Feb. 7, 2023

In September 1948, a State Department report portrayed Ho as "the strongest and perhaps the ablest figure in Indochina," and said that "any suggested solution which excludes him is an expedient of uncertain outcome."

From Salon Nov. 5, 2022

Fabulous for little Jack and Jill Mediocrity, but do they push the brightest and ablest?

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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