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How to use the word wherewithal in a Sentence?

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There is bipartisan support for providing Ukraine with fighter jets of neighboring countries that they would know how to fly and engage in, time is of the essence. The Ukrainians are getting bombarded and they do no have, at least as their country's leaders suggest and assert, the wherewithal to compete in the sky… I don't understand why we are not working expeditiously to facilitate planes to Ukraine.

Bob Menendez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It raises a whole host of questions that have yet to be determined and what appears to be the case of a pretty deliberate attempt to use substances in order to enhance performance, the picture it paints is, Travis Tygart've got a 15-year-old. Does she have the wherewithal and the knowledge and the financial resources to find and use two drugs, one of which is prohibited TMZ( Trimetazidine) and another one Hypoxen, [ along with ] L-carnitine( a supplement) -- to increase endurance and reduce fatigue ? .

Travis Tygart

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My main interest is in securing Griffin's assets so that he doesn't have the wherewithal to ever do this to another child, i've done a lot of sex trafficking cases over the years, and they get more and more depraved as time goes on.

Joel Faxon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To me, whats great about the story is, theres certain people who have always been who they are, and that element of them has powered them to where they are today and the rest is history, and the notion that a18-year-old actor with a walk-on part in Endless Loveand like a seventh lede in Taps could have that kind of like wherewithal.

Rob Lowe

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are told that the pair had the wherewithal to construct a shelter and build a fire for warmth, and more importantly stay put and wait for help.

Jesse ODonaghey

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We're looking at new sanctions, new measures to tighten our grip on Maduro's financial wherewithal, to deny his regime the money that they need to stay in power.

John Bolton

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It seemed pretty clear (the center) was just a front for Yanukovych, it wasn't just an independent think tank in Europe. There are not too many nonprofits with the wherewithal or the resources to hire perhaps the most prestigious Democratic lobbying group.

Dan Harsha

Found on CNN
6 years ago

It hurts me to my core because I was one of the last people to see her. I want to make sure this never happens to anybody else’s kids, and if that starts with taking down this one group, I’ll make that my life’s mission. this is one of the bravest things I’ve ever seen a kid do. There were adults who saw this. None of them had the wherewithal to day, ‘Hey, I gotta call someone.’.

Reginald King

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Donald Trump is the best presidential candidate, who I believe has the experience and the wherewithal to give urban communities economic and educational opportunities.

Bruce Carter

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Marriott has the financial capacity and the wherewithal to push its bid up higher. However, so much of the transaction is based on Marriott's current share price, I think investors would be less than thrilled if it increased its offer materially at this juncture.

Bill Crow

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They don't have the wherewithal, the skill set and the materials to repair the oil wells themselves.

Matthew Levitt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They don’t have the wherewithal, the skill set and the materials to repair the oil wells themselves.

Matthew Levitt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What it tells us is that Bernie has financial staying power, we have the financial wherewithal that will allow for a major campaign through Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and beyond in state-by-state, delegate-by-delegate contests for the Democratic Party nomination.

Jeff Weaver

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In the long run, this is going to be a good thing for the companies that have the wherewithal to survive this.

Michael Sprung

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't know if he has the wherewithal to go to Mrs. Clinton and say we're tired of all her stuff.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is unusual to see some of these firms un-hedged, but it shows they think they have the financial wherewithal to handle the environment.

Craig Breslau

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He had the intelligence and wherewithal to start saving them, and he handed them down, eventually to three grandsons.

Troy Thibodeau

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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