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[en-ey-buhl] / ɛnˈeɪ bəl /


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The partnership will enable artists across the more than 30,000 labels and distributors in Merlin’s network to participate in Spotify’s upcoming AI tool.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Bath confirmed they will play their final two home games of the Prem season away from the Recreation Ground to enable construction work to begin as part of a redevelopment.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Bloomberg on Monday reported that Cohen is now “considering proposing a partnership or joint venture that would enable eBay to leverage GameStop’s roughly 1,600 U.S. retail locations.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

In principle, they could enable transistors that are smaller, faster, and more energy efficient than today's devices.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The bitter feelings occasioned by this speech, the many bitter feelings, made the utmost exertion necessary on Emma’s side, to enable her to say on reply,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

He shared his strategy for investing in the AI build-out, which enables him to avoid guessing ”who wins and who loses on the software side.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

"This is a fundamental observation that enables us to think about thermal management in a new way," said Hu, the study's corresponding author and a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Prototype products include a "stand-alone node" -- a bollard-like object powered by soil which enables data communication with a satellite.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

"But it also enables stuff that's kind of content farming, and that's the stuff that we don't want to have."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The physical structure of the molecule enables its chemical nature, the chemical nature enables its physiological function, and its physiology ultimately permits its biological activity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This additional income enabled me to delay claiming my own Social Security benefits until 70.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Shares in Vestas Wind Systems VWS 18.19%increase; green up pointing triangle jumped after the Danish wind-turbine maker posted higher second-quarter earnings and improving profitability, which enabled the company to increase its full-year margin guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The incident triggered the three-page letter signed by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman Paul Tonko and Congresswoman Valerie Foushee that demands an end to the policies that enabled “this type of predatory promotion.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

They formed an essential part of the survival strategies that enabled people to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

The telescope and the microscope enabled scientists to see previously invisible worlds.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“AI is reshaping the economy by providing automation that transcends traditional time and capacity constraints, enabling businesses to operate seamlessly around the clock,” Konstantine Buhler, a partner at Sequoia Capital, told me last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Detractors responded in turn, worrying that Grande’s ardent fans were enabling the singer’s unhealthy behavior and speculated eating disorder.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

"By enabling heat to be guided, focused and redistributed with nanoscale precision at room temperature, the discovery establishes a foundation for quantum thermal engineering."

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

They said it was no longer a question of "whether generative viral genome design will exist" but whether it can be used without "enabling serious harm".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The students were asked about other time periods, too, and other amounts of money, enabling the researchers to assess how the students value money over time.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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