extraordinary ability

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandability

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extraordinary
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Hisextraordinaryabilityand strength of character were indicated in abundance from the early years of his youth, together with rare scholarship and keen intellect.
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Anyone concerned with privacy issues will already be aware that the technology has produced theextraordinaryabilityto see through walls up to 8 inches thick.
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Guy'sextraordinaryabilityto turn his double bass into the most flexible, dexterous and eloquent of instruments was much in evidence.
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They have anextraordinaryabilityto take my breath away.
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They have done it perfectly honestly and openly, byextraordinaryabilityand by the industry of their own people.
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Those women haveextraordinaryability, and we lose a huge amount when they are lost indefinitely to the workplace.
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There are a great many of these men ofextraordinaryability, many who have risen in life, and some of whom today travel abroad.
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These top men in industry haveextraordinaryabilityand drive.
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There is a clear appreciation that he was a man ofextraordinaryabilityand talent.
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I regard the statement as a confirmation of theextraordinaryabilityof a first-class railroad to attain its objectives and to improve on them.
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He was distinguished in hisextraordinaryabilityto undersell his qualities, unlike most politicians who reach that rank.
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I believe that it would have taken theextraordinaryabilityof a very great athlete to achieve that combination, for "variable geometry" implied a two-tier unit.
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Those people were ofextraordinaryability.
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The fact that it is anticipated that it will be self-financing when it is up and running also highlights theextraordinaryabilityof the promoters in pushing the scheme forward.
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A friend of mine has a boy in one of the great public schools to which the boy won a scholarship because of hisextraordinaryability.
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He is a man ofextraordinaryability.
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It is heartening to see theextraordinaryabilityand spirit of the men who are coming up for training as instructors to their units throughout the country.
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Social advancement was thus not dependent solely on birth, patronage, good luck, or evenextraordinaryability.
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An advisory opinion is a letter from an organization stating that the position the alien applicant will hold requiresextraordinaryability.
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She is remarkable in the neighbourhood because she has theextraordinaryabilityto listen -- really listen.
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