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ably

[ey-blee] / ˈeɪ bli /
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capably
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But manage them, they do, and quite ably.

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As the Cosmic Weatherman, John Mburu ably demonstrated how smoothly baroque arias for bass—regardless of their original subjects—can be repurposed as howls of despair about a modern apocalypse.

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The program ably demonstrates how Weill adapted his music to his environment.

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As Ms. Aikin ably traces, successive librarians have delicately navigated the library’s continually expanding national role.

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Serhii Plokhy’s “The Nuclear Age” ably presents the variability of political, military and ethical considerations that have been central to decision makers since the dawn of the atomic era in the 1940s.

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