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able

adjective as in capable of performing

adjective as in able to perform well; having a proven capacity

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That’s something this president has never been able to understand about the strength of the nation … One way to pull the strength of the nation together in a moment of crisis is to remind people we’re all in it together.

“This creates a substantial possibility that many voters will be disenfranchised and the states may not be able to effectively, timely, accurately determine election outcomes,” he said.

What I eat is less important than being able to keep eating, because what I’m after is food that lets me fidget — food that asks for a little effort, but not enough to require all my focus.

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As of now, over 198 million Americans who are eligible to vote would be able to cast a ballot by mail.

He has been able to weather the closure and the reduction in business, but said he blew through savings.

GIF-able when he goes jogging in sweatpants, if you know what I mean.

The total “reality” that Kim offered to her fans made her brand incredibly popular, but it also made her so entirely mock-able.

The smallest version is backpack-able, the largest can carry a small radar, and all have endurance unlimited by fuel.

“This strategy seemed do-able and brilliant,” Salem nonetheless wrote of the scuttled scheme in his self-review.

Able-bodied people rarely notice the barriers that riddle the world which keep the disabled from participating in society.

It is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.

The wonder is that between sword and halter there was any able-bodied man left in Munster.

As in the Report itself, no definition is given in the Act of what was meant by "able-bodied persons."

We can find no explanation of, or reason for, the entire absence of any provision for independent women who were able-bodied.

The outdoor relief sanctioned for able-bodied men was strictly limited to persons who were not in employment for hire.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to able, such as: adequate, capable, equal to, up to it, competent, and equipped.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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