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what it takes

noun as in potential

noun as in potentiality

noun as in suitableness

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I built this long career in consumer packaged goods, with extensive experience in events and lifestyle marketing—did I have what it takes to be able to do the chief marketing officer role for the New York Red Bulls?

If that's what it takes to witness an occasion like this, the Tartan Army might be happy to wait another three decades for the next one.

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“At least Nansi has what it takes to use that anger—and do something with it.”

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This data will then be fed into the AI so it can learn what it takes for an antibiotic to persist inside a Gram-negative bacterium.

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Most of Clarke's lot know what it takes to qualify for a major finals having done it twice on his watch already.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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