as in suitable
having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance
looking for an able and reliable assistant
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Recent Examples of able
Each drawer is deep and able to hold cosmetics, clothing, books, and more.
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Shea Simmons, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Rice’s playing time in Ohio was sporadic, but Johnson sees how spending a season at that high level has made Rice able to see the game from a new perspective.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
China would be able to put TikTok’s US operations — likely not including the company’s all-important proprietary algorithm — in the hands of someone its government already has leverage over.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Or at least tire companies like Goodyear do, having amassed enough testing data to be able to simulate them accurately enough to shave months off a development schedule.
—Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Shea Simmons, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Rice’s playing time in Ohio was sporadic, but Johnson sees how spending a season at that high level has made Rice able to see the game from a new perspective.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
China would be able to put TikTok’s US operations — likely not including the company’s all-important proprietary algorithm — in the hands of someone its government already has leverage over.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
Or at least tire companies like Goodyear do, having amassed enough testing data to be able to simulate them accurately enough to shave months off a development schedule.
—Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for able
Adjective
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Although most organic waste is suitable for bokashi composting, don’t add moldy food, pet waste, or excessive amounts of liquid or oil to your bokashi composter.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Jan. 2025
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Plus, the ink is biodegradable, suitable for the 3D printer to work with, and nutritious for the fungi.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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This fall, Payne moved from linebacker to the defensive line, putting up good numbers with 28 tackles, nine hurries, 2 1/2 sacks and 11 tackles for loss as the Warriors qualified for the playoffs.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mount Washington also employs licensed morticians who can remediate gravesites — something that Hunter, a lawyer by trade, isn’t qualified to do.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Career rock stars are intrinsically motivated, never take no for an answer, are highly efficient and capable of seeing projects through to completion.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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One way to read LaFleur’s assessment is the Packers didn’t have pass rushers capable of winning one-on-ones often enough, so Hafley had to get creative with ways to generate pressure.—
Matt Schneidman,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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With figures suggesting global branding agencies were worth $5.2 billion in 2023, this is clearly a competent and expert sector.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Many of the reforms proposed here would require an activist and competent state, which suggests that quite a few countries would need to monumentally overhaul their governments’ operations.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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The hotel whose setting and décor is the next best thing to visiting Austria is also full of the real family’s history.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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Boyd may have tried to explain the situation, but pushing a coach, or anyone for that matter, is never a good look.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Able.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/able. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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