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amenable

[uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-] / əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə- /




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He wanted to make a movie about Jackson and found his estate was amenable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

De Zerbi is also believed to be amenable to the idea.

From BBC • Mar. 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

The general conclusion was unmistakable: in principle, DNA could be crystallized into a form amenable to X-ray diffraction.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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