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Discover LudwigThe phrase "able to wield the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capability or skill in using something effectively, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "She is able to wield the power of persuasion to influence her audience."
Alternatives: "capable of using the" or "skilled in wielding the".
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This means that Cameron is highly unlikely to be able to wield the British veto even if he wanted to.
Or they wish to be able to wield the threat and play the role of a world power along with those nations already in that game.
The race between Mr Rauner and Mr Quinn could become a referendum on organised labour, which has long influenced the Democrats who dominate the state.But even if Mr Rauner won, he would not be able to wield the same amount of power as other Republican governors in the region.
Although that tendency did not gain much support in the 16th century because of the orthodoxy of the reformers, later criticism of orthodox Christology was able to wield the "Protestant principle" against the dogma of the two natures on the grounds that this was a consistent application of what the reformers had done.
On top of that, Mittelman and Samuels won't have Harvard's diversified endowment to balance out their risk, nor will they be able to wield the university's AAA bond rating.
That's because, of course, the Kindle is something of a success, and publishers, who already operate a pretty wonky business (more on that in a bit), are becoming concerned that Amazon will soon be able to wield the same kind of power that Apple did over the music industry.
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But the agent added, "Before you're able to wield that power, you'd like to have a longer track record".
The latest Deep Q-network is far from being able to wield this kind of malign power.
In their opening scenes, the characters must be improbably and earnestly naïve and able to wield that semantically fancy Albee-speak.
Since Major's day, the community has expanded from 12 to 28 and the veto Major was then able to wield over the appointment of a new commission president has long been consigned to history.
Mr. Doctoroff asserted that the city would be able to wield control over the process, notwithstanding the lopsided makeup of the board.
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