able to pay
Example Sentences
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“Between that show’s next season, the ‘Keanu’ movie, and making sure I can live comfortably off of $500 a month, I was able to pay off half the house,” she added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Customers in the United States will be able to pay for new phones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches in monthly installments through Apple Upgrade, a leasing program offered with the buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Those patients are more likely to be able to pay not only for the initial test, but also for the specialists, repeat imaging, and biopsies that may follow.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I'm competing with fast-food restaurants, grocery stores and retail for staff, because they pay more than what we are able to pay," he adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“We shall be able to pay the landlord, and eat, and perhaps even put by a little. We may even make enough to visit our son—would not that be good?”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
