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equable

[ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh-] / ˈɛk wə bəl, ˈi kwə- /


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The young world of aviation came away thinking that L.A. — with its basin of wide, flat places and equable weather — was indeed the place for aviation’s future.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2023

Michael Gove has described his sacking last week by Boris Johnson, calling the PM “very equable, very polite” during the call.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2022

Our reviewer, Samantha Harvey, praised “the equable plainness of its language, a plainness that is nevertheless impressionistic and light-filled.”

From New York Times Oct. 29, 2021

The chief justice declared of Austen: “Her flights are not lofty, she does not soar on eagles’ wings, but she is pleasing, interesting, equable, and yet amusing.

From Washington Post Mar. 20, 2020

There is something intrinsically good-natured about all symbiotic relations, necessarily, but this one, which is probably the most ancient and most firmly established of all, seems especially equable.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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