Examples of able-bodied in a Sentence
every able-bodied young man in the village had been sent off to fight in the war
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And those guesses rely on default templates drawn from overrepresented groups in media and training data: cisgender, white, able-bodied, thin.
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Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Medicaid has expanded to the point that it is estimated that 40% or more of able-bodied men collecting Medicaid coverage for free simply refuse to work.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
In part because of these factors, users are disproportionately younger, wealthier, able-bodied, white and male.
—Kaja Šeruga, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Currently, there are six U.S. states and territories that have waivers in place statewide modifying the able-bodied person work requirements, and a further 25 that have waivers that apply to certain areas within a state or territory.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Diana Spehar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Medicaid has expanded to the point that it is estimated that 40% or more of able-bodied men collecting Medicaid coverage for free simply refuse to work.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
In part because of these factors, users are disproportionately younger, wealthier, able-bodied, white and male.
—Kaja Šeruga, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Currently, there are six U.S. states and territories that have waivers in place statewide modifying the able-bodied person work requirements, and a further 25 that have waivers that apply to certain areas within a state or territory.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Able-bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/able-bodied. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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