readiness
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But this should be part of a broader conversation about your respective readiness to retire, and how that could impact your expectations about the kind of lifestyle you want in your 60s and beyond.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Heuristics is the fancy term for the human readiness to shove phenomena into categories into which they don’t quite fit, mainly to economize on mental effort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
By intentionally disrupting a specific energy pathway inside T cells, the researchers effectively rewired the cells' internal engines, placing them in a heightened state of readiness.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Within hours of the initial strikes on Iran, major hospitals across Israel shifted to maximum emergency readiness, moving patients and critical departments underground.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The body with one bound is in full readiness.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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