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amenable

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




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The question may not be amenable to shareholder litigation, but it is worth raising to corporate boards and managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

If he wants to live large, there are more amenable careers than being a high-level bureaucrat tasked with keeping the public safe from crime.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

De Zerbi is also believed to be amenable to the idea.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

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

The new man in charge of the Midway, Sol Bloom, had struck like a bolt of lightning and seemed amenable to just about anything—the more novel and startling the better.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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