willing

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Some think that it will take tens of thousands of new jobs a month to avoid a rise in unemployment; others believe that the job market could actually shrink without leaving more willing workers sidelined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When it comes to your partner’s parents, communicate what type of homes you’d be willing to buy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

LeCedre also questioned Hipolito about being “willing to lie to the officers,” and asked whether he’d be willing to lie on the stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"As a result, friends and allies will be ever less willing to cooperate with the United States," he wrote this week in The Atlantic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I think of our brave young soldiers, so willing to give their lives, and boys like Colin, who are desperate to join them.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin