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- noun Plural form of
wherewithal .
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Examples
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Concretions and other strange rock formations, which, on account of their forms, are thought to have been portions of the gods, of their weapons, implements, and ornaments, their té-ap-ku-na-we (the wherewithals of Being).
Zuñi Fetiches Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 3-45 Frank Hamilton Cushing 1878
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His discourse is such a continued mixture of Wenbourne-Hill, his money, mortgages, grottos, groves, the wherewithals, and the young gentleman his son, that laughter scarcely can hold to hear him.
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft 1777
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They have been recording strong performances and garnering a good name with their Telecom services and equipment business since quite a while now and if this news is anything to go by, they certainly have the wherewithals to get things done as well.
WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India 2008
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Luckily, I found Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, and want to give credit where it’s due- and I learned all the whys and wherewithals of diabetes.
Tahoe dinner and breakfast | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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"ordinary side" which did not have the bowling wherewithals to claim 20 Indian wickets.
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"I'm not much given to religious takings-on," said the sergeant, "but sometimes a notion comes into my head that looks a little that way, and that is, when God appoints a thing to be done, he gives them that's to do it all the wherewithals.
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