How to Use readiness in a Sentence

readiness

noun
  • Though there might be a snag in her readiness to leave.
    — Ashley Boucher, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Think of an exit-readiness test like a quick health check.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Brown said there are other ways for the state to prove its readiness.
    — Herald and News, oregonlive, 29 July 2021
  • Their readiness showed up from the start with an opening goal in the ninth minute.
    — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Then take an exit-readiness test.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the real test of readiness.
    — Joseph Lucosky, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There is also great readiness to improve the shots and the sound.
    — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 16 May 2025
  • But civil readiness is still a question mark.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Audit readiness is about survival in the present.
    — Joseph Lucosky, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • What were the top states for retirement readiness?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
  • Opens, clicks and time-on-page look great, but don’t always mean buyer readiness.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Interest is not the same as readiness.
    — Brian Duggan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • So there is a real readiness impact to all of this and that concerns me.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the exit-readiness score wasn’t looking good.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The focus is more on readiness and less on the actual minute hand.
    — Raquel Reichard, Refinery29, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But readiness can look different for boys.
    — Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What is kindergarten readiness?
    — Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • What is kindergarten readiness?
    — Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This is why emotional readiness is not a soft issue.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The loss raised some red flags about the team’s readiness to contend at the highest level.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This kind of readiness doesn’t require a huge budget, just the right focus.
    — Kevin Pierce, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This readiness gap reveals both the promise and the challenge ahead.
    — Vinay Bhaskara, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Tenure alone is no longer a reliable proxy for readiness.
    — James Hadley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Israel, for its part, is so far showing no readiness to pull out of Lebanon.
    — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • What impact the Army's end-strength drop will have on readiness remains to be seen.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 19 July 2022
  • On both counts, the nation’s readiness to monitor this armistice falls short.
    — Kenya Romero, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Expand into full readiness over time.
    — Joseph Lucosky, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • College and career readiness is also on the rise.
    — Howard Hepburn, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • When to measure readiness can also be a factor.
    — Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • When to measure readiness can also be a factor.
    — Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026

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