ability
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Per the terms of the filing, shareholders’ ability to challenge CEO Elon Musk’s decisions, whether through the board or the legal system, will be so limited as to make the chief executive all but invincible.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
But the whole point of Drake has always been hits: his ability to read the culture and to funnel what he finds into songs that become almost oppressively ubiquitous.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Rather than mathematical ability, what’s required is a capacity for holding on to metaphorical imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
His sustained success has been down to his ability to keep on motivating his City players to keep winning things year after year.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Where are you? he thought desperately, terrified by the idea that he had lost the ability to see her.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing ability
"Kids Are Inventors, Too"
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Workshop 1, Part 1
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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