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could

[kood, kuhd] / kʊd, kəd /

VERB

preserve fruit, vegetable

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STRONGEST

keep

STRONG

bottle

WEAK

put up

Antonyms

WEAK

cannot employ hire

VERB

be able

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commit manage take care of

STRONG

may

WEAK

be capable of be equal to be up to be within one's area be within one's control can do could cut the mustard have it made lie in one's power make it make out make the grade

Antonyms

WEAK

cannot employ hire

VERB

fire from job

Synonyms

STRONG

ax boot bounce cashier discharge dismiss expel sack terminate

WEAK

give the heave ho kick out let go

Antonyms

STRONG

allow employ engage hire hold keep permit welcome

WEAK

cannot

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According to the team's projections, the population could increase by another 17% to 25% over the next 25 years if no action is taken.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The team also notes that other aspects of participants' diets, lifestyles, or health could have contributed to the observed relationships.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In addition, applications involving infrared sensing could benefit from stronger and more precisely controlled thermal signals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

To make sense of this, we could construct a five-dimensional framework, using three spatial dimensions and two time dimensions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

All the countertops are made of Italian marble, her kitchen is state-of-the-art in every way, and I swear a family of forty could fit into any one of her five bathrooms.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

could

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