amenable
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Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
"She phoned us herself, we've only ever dealt with her and she's very, very amenable," he said.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The firm’s new funding comes amid a wave of venture-capital investment in U.S. defense-technology startups, as the Pentagon has in recent years grown increasingly amenable to Silicon Valley’s pitches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Learning that he “was not amenable to removal,” the agents dropped him off at a coffee shop without informing his attorneys or family.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026
It is interesting to note that the lion that is the most amenable to the circus trainer’s tricks is the one with the lowest social standing in the pride, the omega animal.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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