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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ability to provoke" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to elicit a reaction or response from others, often in a provocative or stimulating manner.
Example: "Her ability to provoke thought and discussion among her peers is one of her greatest strengths."
Alternatives: "capacity to incite" or "talent for stirring up".
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Done correctly, The Internship could be a perfect example of Hollywood's ability to provoke social change.
But this — as his colleagues' ability to provoke revealing exchanges demonstrates — is nonsense.
All materials have the ability to provoke a wide range of responses.
Clarkson's ability to provoke controversy while in foreign parts continues unabated.
No other living sculptor has the ability to provoke the senses in this way.
But, even in Western Europe, the contest maintains its ability to provoke a political reaction.
The demagogues of the world, after all, derive power solely from their ability to provoke reaction.
Not that the word Communism has lost its ability to provoke visceral reactions in some quarters, he added.
Their unspoken anguish says plenty, as does Fin's ability to provoke conversation from those who insert themselves into his circle.
And while those protests were futile, they nonetheless retained the ability to provoke, as the disturbances following Evers' funeral testified.
He marvels at art's ability to provoke such emotion and at how perceptions can differ so markedly.
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