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amenable

[uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-] / əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə- /




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Learning that he “was not amenable to removal,” the agents dropped him off at a coffee shop without informing his attorneys or family.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Rather than trying to address specific locations, “we’re going to look at similarities in the context of those disparate locations that might amenable to some more global strategies,” Nicholas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

There are other players in the regime who may not prove as amenable.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

Certainly the OWGR's Trevor Immelman, another new boss, seems more amenable than his predecessor Peter Dawson.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Somebody in a shelter a couple of days before had told us how delightful—how gorgeously amenable to hiking—the mountains of the Virginia Blue Ridge were.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson