availability
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availabilities
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the fact or quality of being close at hand and ready for use.
Children learn about the importance of reading and writing through the availability of a wide variety of books.
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the fact or quality of being readily obtainable.
Prices are subject to availability of the product at the time of ordering.
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freedom or willingness to do something.
League members selected as reserve players shall confirm their availability by signing the list on the notice board.
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the fact or condition of not being involved in a romantic or sexual relationship and therefore being potentially open to one.
Overall, he says, a man is more attracted to a woman by the signs of her availability than by her physical appearance.
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Something with availability is easy to get or to access. If you work at an ice cream shop, the availability of ice cream might make it hard to stick to a diet. The noun availability indicates that something is easily obtainable and ready for use. If you are thinking about renting a certain apartment, you might want to ask about the availability of parking spaces in the neighborhood before you sign a lease. You can use availability and accessibility almost interchangeably, as with this sentence: "The accessibility of the Internet has increased the availability of information."
Vocabulary lists containing availability
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The SDOB, typically produced twice monthly, outlines the worldwide availability of U.S. warships, aircraft, personnel, and weapons systems.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
It is likely a cultural behavior due to its limited distribution, and because the availability of rocks and trees does not guarantee the presence of an accumulative stone throwing site.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Spot freight rates, or those based on real-time, on-demand truck availability, have risen about 35%, while contractual rates, or those prearranged, have risen about 10%, industry insiders say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In addition, stronger commercial execution, improved product availability and restructuring benefits are already visible in results, the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The development of the cyclotron was begun several years before these discoveries on faith that the availability of controlled atomic projectiles within the laboratory would lead to important scientific progress.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Instead, he gave a marginally more formal “update” about progress in Iran than he gives all day on social media or in quick press availabilities.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
During Cabinet meetings, press availabilities in the Oval Office and a recent signing ceremony, he looks like he has fallen asleep.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026
And then when we came out of COVID, we had many scheduling delays with availabilities with Jim and Timothée.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Due to airport operation times and a lack of flight availabilities, they were accommodated in hotels in Bermuda over the festive period, a P&O spokeswoman said.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
The new scale necessitated creative work for multiplying available resources, for looking at needs and availabilities from a new perspective.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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