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readiness

[red-ee-nis] / ˈrɛd i nɪs /


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But this should be part of a broader conversation about your respective readiness to retire, and how that could impact your expectations about the kind of lifestyle you want in your 60s and beyond.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

By intentionally disrupting a specific energy pathway inside T cells, the researchers effectively rewired the cells' internal engines, placing them in a heightened state of readiness.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Within hours of the initial strikes on Iran, major hospitals across Israel shifted to maximum emergency readiness, moving patients and critical departments underground.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"Basically that means money, towards readiness and towards mobilisation," Houlahan was quoted as saying by Military Times.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

To Pocock, this unflagging resilience—this readiness to bounce back, to keep coming, to persist in the face of resistance—was the magic in cedar, the unseen force that imparted life to the shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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