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Word: able (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Usage:

...WADSWORTH.PROFESSOR PEABODY will not be abl to meet his classes today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTICE. | 4/20/1893 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "able" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.9945
1880s : 0.8887
1890s : 0.6865
1900s : 0.7110
1910s : 0.8941
1920s : 1.0896
1930s : 1.0303
1940s : 0.9404
1950s : 0.9511
1960s : 0.8865
1970s : 0.8816
1980s : 0.8872
1990s : 1.0252
2000s : 1.2012
2010s : 1.8091