ability
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Trauma-informed policing recognizes that trauma can affect behavior, memory, emotion, and a survivor’s ability to recount an experience—and that investigative practices themselves can either reduce or compound that trauma and any subsequent investigative challenges.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I think that the ability to organize and to help other people see themselves in the party is to also give them that representation.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gordon has the ability to take on his full-back on the inside or beat them for pace on the outside before putting in a cross.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Apollo humanoids come equipped with sensors and cameras, giving them the ability to adjust to their environment much like a human being.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
I’m not confident in her ability to sing French songs about snails.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Yet after only two days of practice, Reaves has a stronger belief in this team’s defensive abilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Those abilities may have helped give bats their remarkable evolutionary success.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The cyber-abilities of the latest, most powerful AI models, called "frontier" models in AI jargon, can be a boon for cyber-defenders, but the same abilities can also be used for attack.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors had previously been concerned with Meta’s abilities to build a differentiated AI product, Bank of America’s Justin Post believes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sadly, there was a tragic human toll attached to divers’ new abilities to operate so far beneath the surface.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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