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View definitions for wherewithal

wherewithal

noun as in necessary means

noun as in ability

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I’m not sure we have an adequate process for mustering the necessary social wherewithal.

If you don't have the wherewithal, see if your work offers free financial counseling sessions.

From Salon

And the erosion of America’s relative economic strength from half the world’s output in 1950 to a quarter in 2010 meant the wherewithal for its unipolar power was fading fast.

From Salon

White women in general could muster the wherewithal to obtain safe abortions, sometimes by traveling as far as Sweden for the purpose.

"This hiker was phenomenally lucky to have regained cell service when he did, and to still have enough consciousness and wherewithal to call 911," they said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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