How to Use readiness in a Sentence

readiness

noun
  • So there is a real readiness impact to all of this and that concerns me.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Eight of the other nine focus on college readiness, and the ninth is the school’s lead counselor.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • The Air Force say this will be a routine test of the readiness and accuracy of the missile.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The second is to hibernate, re-centre and refill the tank in readiness for the year ahead.
    Sairah Ashman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Most babies show signs of readiness between 5 to 6 months.
    Sara Dumond, M.d., Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That will be the subject of a second flight readiness review in the next several days.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 22 May 2024
  • Nor did either address the concerns raised about the mission’s lack of readiness.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • On both counts, the nation’s readiness to monitor this armistice falls short.
    Kenya Romero, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But the readiness number for ships and submarines aren’t much better than for aircraft.
    Oliver Wyman, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Warman expressed confidence in the bird's readiness to return to the wild.
    Staff Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Still, Washington and its potential partners have the means and, at least for now, the time to improve their readiness.
    Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The show, including in its revival form, has faced criticism around its readiness for the stage.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
  • Wearing a blue polo shirt and with the sunburned arms of a farmer, Ahmad laughs when asked to compare Hezbollah’s readiness now to 2006.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The district has cut in half its racial achievement gap for postsecondary readiness over the past five years, Pollio said.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The question of when or how Waymo will scale is always met with concerns about cost, safety, and readiness.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The slate launch includes four titles in different stages of readiness.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
  • But his readiness to look past the human impact of the FTX collapse filled me with a different kind of empathy.
    Steve Almond, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • One of the core features is the My Vitality Score, which purports to show your mental and physical readiness for the day.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The readiness is all Like practices in sports, rehearsals must be disciplined and frequent.
    Ram Charan, Fortune, 7 May 2024
  • McAdam scheduled Dominguez to be back in court on July 12 for a status check, and a trial readiness hearing is set for July 19.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 20 June 2023
  • Russia, China and the United States all keep their nuclear test sites in at least a partial state of readiness.
    Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2024
  • The board previously approved a $9.25 million site readiness grant in April for the Mundy Township site.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
  • They were flanked by tanks, missiles and other weapons in a show of military preparedness and readiness.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • As for a future stand-up special, Van Ness acknowledges the importance of both readiness and the right timing.
    Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Both men have had a series of public flubs that have fueled skepticism about their readiness.
    TIME, 4 Feb. 2024
  • That readiness review was pushed to next week at the earliest, according to an update from NASA.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Starship's readiness is one of the main factors that will determine when Artemis III flies, but there are other challenges.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Putin prefers to needle, to provoke, and test his opponents’ redlines or readiness.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Other factors that contributed to their readiness included having little to no debt (38%) and home equity or ownership (37%), the report found.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But readiness is usually an advantage, especially when your opponent is adamantly unready.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024

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