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Recent Examples of able-bodied This new program would have a two-year limit on assistance for beneficiaries, with the exception of the elderly and individuals with disabilities, to incentivize self-sufficiency among able-bodied recipients. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 The idea was to enlist able-bodied college men to help disassemble McCook’s bleachers. Randy Mason august 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025 The story also makes allowances for those who aren’t as able-bodied, or sound of mind, as our four protagonists are. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Aug. 2025 This has aided in the unfortunate statistic of there being 7 million able-bodied men with no dependents no longer looking for work. Steve Levy, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for able-bodied
Recent Examples of Synonyms for able-bodied
Adjective
  • Moore woke up Sunday morning in a hospital room — just hours after his wife, Sidney, had given birth to their third child, a healthy baby girl named Saleh.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Reams of studies have also found that healthy diets are more expensive than unhealthy ones—sometimes as much as doubly so.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • What is most appealing about YoungBoy is that his music, quite frankly, is the sound of a man who is very much not well.
    Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Beneath the surface, though, all is not well.
    Ian King, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The American Chemistry Council took issue with the report’s findings on low birth weight and liver issues, arguing that the evidence wasn’t as robust as the report claimed.
    Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Although the West has humanoid robotics players such as Boston Dynamics and Tesla, China occupies the industry’s vanguard thanks to its huge market, a mature industrial base of chips, sensors, and batteries, as well as robust state support.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If possible, drive to a nearby sturdy building.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • If possible, drive to a nearby sturdy building.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Able-bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/able-bodied. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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