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
Danilovic, ever the outgoing personality, put her basketball abilities in a comical light.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The withdrawal of the US from UNESCO weakens the country’s ability to participate in key discussions on technology, education, heritage, and science, argue development experts Anne Campbell and Emily Markovich Morris in an article for the Brookings think tank.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Designed to be interactive, the Showgirl release is a testament to Swift’s ability to engage fandom and transform ordinary weekends at the multiplex into landmark pop-culture moments.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Cuba’s leaders could also choose to rely on the loyalty of its security forces and their ability to intimidate and abuse their fellow Cubans.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The withdrawal of the US from UNESCO weakens the country’s ability to participate in key discussions on technology, education, heritage, and science, argue development experts Anne Campbell and Emily Markovich Morris in an article for the Brookings think tank.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Designed to be interactive, the Showgirl release is a testament to Swift’s ability to engage fandom and transform ordinary weekends at the multiplex into landmark pop-culture moments.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Cuba’s leaders could also choose to rely on the loyalty of its security forces and their ability to intimidate and abuse their fellow Cubans.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ability
Noun
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Otherwise, the features and capabilities of Yubico's Bio keys are the same as the $29 Editors' Choice-award-winning Yubico Security Key C NFC.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Future plans include linking these with hydrogen technologies to expand capabilities from short-term balancing to seasonal storage.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bridgestone, on the other hand, has a capacity of 20,000.—
Melonee Hurt,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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He is set to return to his faculty responsibilities immediately.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Professors and faculty need guidance Kasun — the professor from Georgia State — also doesn't believe professors should use AI for grading.—
Lee V. Gaines,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dayforce will today release its annual pulse survey of roughly 7,000 workers in six countries, showing that 71% of workers have not received AI training in the past year—even though 63% of workers say developing such skills is important.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2025
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To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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In conversation, Blunt’s admiration for Johnson is clear, and so is her interest in making sure other people recognize his talents and capabilities.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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Cootes also has demonstrated some solid aptitude in the faceoff circle.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Her aptitude was unavoidable at the Fendi show, where top models holding desirable handbags, styled with joyful knits, eye-catching dresses and sporty separates, strutted past guests, including actors Hilary Duff, Naomi Watts and Bang Chan of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Ability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ability. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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