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  • Possessing the necessary power, resources, skill, or opportunity to perform an action.

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Even from the get-go being able to get ready with my brother for our big day, seeing ourselves together, I felt proud.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Over the past several years, Wall Street and Washington, D.C., have grown used to being able to reliably predict what the Federal Reserve would do at its interest-rate meeting, weeks before the gathering took place.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

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  • equipped to
  • having the capacity
  • up to the task

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  • out of one's depth
  • lacking the means

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