as in capability
the physical or mental power to do something
as a result of the accident the once-vigorous athlete lost the ability to walk
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Recent Examples of ability
Your ambition is strong and your ability to impress bosses and people in authority will be successful because of your charisma and enthusiasm.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
What makes a button-down shirt (a slouchy one, especially) a winner time and again is its ability to look put-together while feeling like almost nothing.
—India Roby, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2026
The ability to read and comprehend is a foundational skill without which students are doomed to fail in mathematics and other subject matters.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
But the deeper lesson from the episode isn’t about the NBA’s ability to intervene.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
What makes a button-down shirt (a slouchy one, especially) a winner time and again is its ability to look put-together while feeling like almost nothing.
—India Roby, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2026
The ability to read and comprehend is a foundational skill without which students are doomed to fail in mathematics and other subject matters.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
But the deeper lesson from the episode isn’t about the NBA’s ability to intervene.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ability
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Such capability opens up new possibilities for rapid training, remote task execution, and safer operations in environments such as manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer services.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The move comes as the company doubles down on its production capabilities, recently opening a 10,000-plus square foot creative campus in Los Angeles in an effort to expand creative and brand-facing capabilities and provide space for collaborating artists to work onsite.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Edged has five campuses in operation and planned in Spain and Portugal with total capacity for 380 megawatt (MW).—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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Even with those constraints, the winery has continued investing in its operations in recent years, upgrading equipment at a cost of more than $2 million and expanding production capacity at a time when many wineries are scaling back.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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The same month, a voluntary separation program for faculty was introduced.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Many students on the Greenwich Village campus have been speaking up in support of the faculty.—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Sure, the equipment is better, the skill level higher, the compensation astronomical.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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What looks at first like a cooking class, is actually a doctor's appointment designed to help children and families build real-life skills around food and health.—
Breana Pitts,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Moriarty and Thekla are outstanding in the ring and outside of it, using another canvas to display their other unique talent.—
James Varsallone,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Further, one of Vox’s advantages in the space over its audio-only competitors is that some of the shows are yoked, at least tangentially, to Vox’s publishing business, which provides additional marketing, promotion, and a funnel for some talent.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Flutie played beyond his physical abilities partly because of his aptitude.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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What Godoy does have a great aptitude for, however, is video games.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Ability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ability. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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