amenable
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If he wants to live large, there are more amenable careers than being a high-level bureaucrat tasked with keeping the public safe from crime.
From Salon • Apr. 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
Rather than trying to address specific locations, “we’re going to look at similarities in the context of those disparate locations that might amenable to some more global strategies,” Nicholas said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
He was about to play against Northern Kentucky and was amenable to the scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
The new man in charge of the Midway, Sol Bloom, had struck like a bolt of lightning and seemed amenable to just about anything—the more novel and startling the better.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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