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ability
noun as in power to act, perform
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capability, capacity, competence, intelligence, qualification, skill, strength, talent, understanding
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aptitude, competency, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, facility, faculty, might, potentiality, resourcefulness
noun as in natural or acquired power in a
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capability, expertise, ingenuity, proficiency, skill, strength, talent
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adroitness, bent, cleverness, command, craft, deftness, expertness, finesse, flair, genius, gift, handiness, knack, know-how, mastery, savvy, skillfulness
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mind for, particular activity adeptness, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes
Example Sentences
The ability to call the races sooner means more time for analysis, which is expected to lean heavily into what the results say about the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential campaign.
The outcome will test not only his political instincts but also his ability to deliver on a measure that has national attention fixed squarely on him.
Surprisingly this did not become a major campaign issue when he was running for the Vice-Presidency, even after Cheney questioned the ability of the Democratic presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry - himself a Vietnam veteran - to serve as commander in chief.
"We have probably vastly underestimated these early humans and human ancestors. We can actually trace the roots of our ability to adapt to change by using technology much earlier than we thought, all the way to 2.75 million years ago, and probably much earlier."
One of the fundamental aspects of an experience like that is that your life departs other people’s ability to understand it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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