amenable
Example Sentences
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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
Still, Trump said he would be amenable to figures tied to the old government “in order to choose a good leader.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
There are other players in the regime who may not prove as amenable.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026
"He was quite amenable, very nice and a believable bloke," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 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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