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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Raytheon’s project, valued at $115 million, aims to strengthen the company’s missile production capabilities and support growing global defense requirements.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Military campaigns of this kind—especially those aimed not only at degrading military capability but also at creating conditions for political change—unfold in phases.—
Richard Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Production plans call for an initial deployment of dozens of units this year, scaling to thousands annually as manufacturing capacity expands.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Through a long-term agreement, the battery storage facility will provide resource adequacy capacity to Pacific Gas & Electric Company and help support California’s reliability and clean-energy goals.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 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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Vucan, now in his 10th season as Carroll’s head coach and 15th overall with the program, left his home city of El Paso to test his skills in a more competitive baseball region of the state.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Except for the advantage of skill or luck, the risks of losing and the chances of winning were the same for all participants.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
20 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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What Godoy does have a great aptitude for, however, is video games.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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But the biggest piece of that, beyond the ownership’s aptitude to do it, is the stadium project.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Ability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ability. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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