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[en-ey-buhl] / ɛnˈeɪ bəl /


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These capabilities help enable strikes deep into each other’s territory.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

After that point, Covid-19 certificates continued to be issued, primarily to enable members of the public to meet entry requirements when travelling abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

They may enable detectives to resolve cases for families even after the passage of decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

He asked MI5 to orchestrate his expulsion from London, which would enable him to return to Russia as something of a hero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

And think he did, gathering his courage until at last there was enough of it to enable him to stand before Min with a request.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

It provides funding that enables financing on everything from credit cards to buy-now pay-later loans to financing for Harley-Davidson motorcycles that are sold at dealerships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The real reason the scheme works, however, is that people are overpaying him for Bitcoin, which enables him to buy more Bitcoin and sell more securities at favorable terms.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Maintaining an openness to people — and a willingness to strengthen connections with everyone from distant or estranged family members to friends, acquaintances and strangers — enables you to benefit from more social interaction.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

He noted that Snap offers tools through its Family Center feature, which currently enables parents to track aspects of how their teens are using Snapchat.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“To believe in things that you cannot. Let me illustrate. I heard once of an American who so defined faith: ‘that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue.’

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Rapid nanoparticle growth enabled survival to sizes that efficiently deposit throughout the human respiratory system, yielding inhalation dose rates comparable to or exceeding those from primary combustion sources such as traffic emissions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

And it enabled the company to string together tens of millions of dollars in contracts.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

He has likely dealt with and even enabled this dynamic since they were children, which is why he is either unwilling or unable to find a way to push back.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Its position at the country’s southern maritime gateway and its proximity to the Caribbean and Latin America enabled it to accumulate military importance over decades as new military missions were layered onto that strategic foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

What was so special about the new Sapiens language that it enabled us to conquer the world?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Its latest model has been tested at carmaker Audi as part of a project aimed at enabling robots to perform production-line tasks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

AI is enabling a more ad hoc structure based on workflows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I was in that enabling cycle for years, and I’m not going to be a part of that again!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Anyone who contributed financially to the transatlantic slave trade, or to a company enabling the trade, is listed in the database.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Then, according to the handed-down story, McLane managed to somehow deliver the codebook to Admiral de Grasse, enabling him to foresee British maneuvers and win the sea battle.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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