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amenable

[uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-] / əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə- /




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Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

De Zerbi is also believed to be amenable to the idea.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

Learning that he “was not amenable to removal,” the agents dropped him off at a coffee shop without informing his attorneys or family.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2026

U.S. officials were familiar with Rodriguez’s career and understood that she would potentially be amenable to a working relationship, an administration official said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

It was he who first used the word Cosmos to denote a well-ordered and harmonious universe, a world amenable to human understanding.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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