trying to improve the availability of affordable housing
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: an available person or thing
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US: a usually brief session in which a public figure (such as a politician) is made available to answer questions from members of the press
a press availability
The rigors of campaigning are amply demonstrated in marathon days of radio and television talk shows, media availabilities, sessions with newspaper editorial boards … and fund-raising events. Steve Goldstein
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe city is still defining the boundaries of its pending notice of availability. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022 Many girls were not attending school during their periods because of the lack of availability of menstrual products.Time, 15 Sep. 2022 The documentary detailing Manti Te’o’s meteoric rise and controversial dating scandal premiered on Netflix on Aug. 16 and earned 630 million minutes viewed in its first days of availability. Breanna Bell, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022 While down 14% to 18.1 million streams and 83% to 15,000 sold in its second week of availability, the track sports a 105% surge to 9.2 million in radio audience. Gary Trust, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2022 The practice overstates the number of spots available and thus hides the true picture of child care availability in Michigan. Luca Powell And Derek Kravitz, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022 After a few days of availability, the MacBook self-repair program shows welcome progress, but work is still needed before Apple is considered a true right-to-repair ally. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2022 These standards include high levels of product availability, products tailored exactly to customers’ requirements, flexible payment methods, a wide variety of delivery options and suppliers holding a deep understanding of customer needs. Denis Clifford, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 After years of widespread availability, the Bally Sports regional networks had slowly drifted off many platforms, due to disagreements between Sinclair Broadcast Group and the networks. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AVAILABILITY | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤easy, ready易得性;隨時可得性◇the easy availability of many illegal drugs多種非法藥物的易得性➤general, wide, widespread普遍可以獲得;可廣泛利用;隨處可得到▸➤greater, increased, increasing較容易得到;增加的供應;越來越容易得到➤continuous, unlimited持續的/無限的供應◇the seemingly unlimited availability of mortgage credit獲得抵押貸款似乎不受限制➤limited有限的供應▸➤land, staff, ticket, etc.可供使用的土地、能調用的現有員工、在出售的票等VERB + AVAILABILITY➤check, ensure核實是否可得;確保得到◇Check the availability of bottled water before you set off.你動身之前核實一下能否買到瓶裝水。➤expand, increase, maximize增大得到⋯的可能性;增加供應;最大限度地供應▸➤limit, reduce, restrict限制供應;減少供應;限制得到⋯的可能性◇They want to restrict the availability of abortions.他們想使墮胎受到限制。PHRASES➤subject to availability視供應情況而定◇All holiday bookings are subject to availability.所有的假日預訂要視供應情況而定。