amenable

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The firm’s new funding comes amid a wave of venture-capital investment in U.S. defense-technology startups, as the Pentagon has in recent years grown increasingly amenable to Silicon Valley’s pitches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

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

If you asked an average taxpayer how he feels about a 6 percent utility increase, he’d probably be amenable.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos