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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

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

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

"He was quite amenable, very nice and a believable bloke," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

One prevailing thought is that “the joining” is a metaphor for AI creating a world where all individual thought and creativity are synthesized into a single, amenable voice.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

If we think of God as a clockmaker, then we can be confident that he will have made a world amenable to experimental enquiry.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton