ability
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The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Canada and Mexico can match New York’s ability to turn the cup into a home game for nearly everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
As a result, cells lose what scientists call metabolic plasticity, their ability to rapidly adapt to shifting energy demands.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
At the end of the season, O'Neill cast doubt on his ability to go back to the coalface one more time, but his words were never convincing.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“It’s dumb. But it’s just that, you know, you have the ability to fly and X-ray vision and superstrength and stuff. But sometimes I think it’s probably better to have a really dumb power.”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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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