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able

[ey-buhl] / ˈeɪ bəl /




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"Since it hasn't been able to make meaningful inroads into SK hynix's market share, it appears to be shifting its focus to other areas."

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The nonprofit said that the plan is to release Jackie back to her home turf if and when she’s healthy and able to hunt and protect herself.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Columbia is a new class of submarine that will be able to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Sobers' body lay in state at the Barbados parliament on Monday and at the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, with national dignitaries and members of the public able to pay their respects.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

I was hoping last night would be a success and that I’d be able to nail down the location of the Flash and who the boy is.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Jimmy Carter was one of the abler residents, in his mid-seventies—too able for tracing letters.

From The New Yorker Oct. 1, 2018

This leaves the real study of real economics, in the real world, wide open for abler minds.

From Forbes Apr. 17, 2015

He is widely considered abler, more vigorous and more cultivated than his elder brother.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four years later disease laid Franklin Roosevelt low and made him into a different and abler man.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Getting Lemoncello to cancel these so-called Olympic Games? Couldn’t have done it in an abler manner myself.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Cox proved to be Young’s ablest intelligence gatherer, even if the occasional bribes she endorsed put her agents at needless risk.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s chief Supreme Court lawyer, is widely considered one of the ablest high-court advocates.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2024

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, he described Ms Sturgeon as being "one of the ablest communicators in politics".

From BBC Feb. 7, 2023

In September 1948, a State Department report portrayed Ho as "the strongest and perhaps the ablest figure in Indochina," and said that "any suggested solution which excludes him is an expedient of uncertain outcome."

From Salon Nov. 5, 2022

Some of the ablest of New York’s black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to “straighten Red out.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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