ability
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To test whether acetylcholine was truly responsible for this behavioral flexibility, the team reduced the animals' ability to produce the neurotransmitter.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Mr. Romm complicates matters further by adding quotes from other sources to Stobaeus’ selections, diluting the book’s ability to show us the anthologist’s true intent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
But there is no shortage of evangelists who will point to Musk's staggering ability to raise money, challenge orthodoxy and prove his doubters wrong.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s Didion’s ability to undermine — to slip a blade between the ribs — in a single sentence that has always thrilled the critic in me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
They know I would prefer not to have this ability and that I don’t like talking about it.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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