enable
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The goal is to enable it to compete with the more modern skyscrapers in the city.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Timely, complete and transparent information sharing under the International Health Regulations is essential to clarify conflicting reports and enable an accurate assessment of potential public health risks," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"With further optimization of cavity structures and material systems, vacuum-fluctuation coupling may enable more pronounced and widely applicable control of quantum states," said Prof. Zeng.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Humanoid robots use a variety of actuators, including some that enable metal arms to push and pull.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
If we had an absolute method for distinguishing art from non-art, it would not necessarily enable us to measure quality.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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Another worry was that the proposed laws could affect Australia's "reputation as a jurisdiction that enables innovation," the submission said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Making a will also enables you to leave money to friends, other family members and your favorite charitable causes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
There are plenty of critics who insist there is little or no proper use of AI in the university, since it enables cheating and robs students of the challenge of truly learning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The real reason the scheme works, however, is that people are overpaying him for Bitcoin, which enables him to buy more Bitcoin and sell more securities at favorable terms.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Treating differences as a threat enables one society to dehumanize the other.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Unable to open the door, the maintenance man had gone downstairs to his van to get a screwdriver which enabled him to unlock the door which had a childproof button on it.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Chemists have long wondered how that process occurs, and the two Nobel laureates' discoveries have "enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality", the jury said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
On the other hand, having created and enforced the rules that enabled those behaviors, they can’t condemn them either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Inside those stars, extreme heat and pressure enabled nuclear fusion and other reactions that created heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
And these skills enabled them to reach and settle Australia.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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“It is only clearer now, however, that none of the Big Three has any intention of enabling Starlink as a competitor by giving it such an agreement,” Moffett wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
“These are powerful tools that are already enabling stunning discoveries and in the coming years your generation stands to push the boundaries of human knowledge,” said UChicago President Paul Alivisatos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Apple's "Taptic Engine" system - enabling haptic feedback in its devices - first debuted with the Apple Watch in 2014.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Its latest model has been tested at carmaker Audi as part of a project aimed at enabling robots to perform production-line tasks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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