wherewithal

IPA: wˈɛrwɪðɔɫ

noun

  • The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

adverb

  • (archaic) In what way; how.
  • (archaic) By means of which.
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Examples of "wherewithal" in Sentences

  • I do have the legal wherewithal to post this.
  • Even the wherewithal to run the school was not available.
  • You and I had the wherewithal to break in from the outside.
  • Narrative provides the wherewithal to make sense of the facts.
  • All of this occurred without a plan or the wherewithal to pay for it.
  • If you still have the wherewithal for it, make the article reflect that.
  • Not many people understand how much goes into making sure that many people have meals and the wherewithal to do what needs to be done.
  • The National Security Council was created in 1947 largely as a result of lobbying from the Pentagon for a forum where the military could object if they thought the State Department was setting national objectives that the United States did not have the wherewithal to pursue.

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