become able

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After three years of thoughtful interventions, the woman, since married and raising two children, had become able to participate fully in her life.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

They arrived in an Australia where Aboriginal people had only become able to vote, or counted in the census, two years previously.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2020

“With all this experience I’ve accumulated over time, you become able to read the ice just looking at it,” he said, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2020

“But now I’m working to become more politically educated and as I do, hopefully become able to be more effective in this light.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2016

And we shall no longer require to use the thoughts of others when we have become able to think for ourselves: 'Genius is the child of Imitation.'

From The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. by Willson, Harry