Able to
Up to and able to are semantically related. in capable of topic. In some cases you can use "Up to" instead an adjective phrase "Able to".
Up to
Up to adjective - Busy or occupied with.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Anton Mortimer seems to think that his money, connections, and knowledge of the supernatural makes him capable of standing up to the J-Team and being able to do anything without consequences.
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In the X-treme X-men series Mekanitz Karma was able to possess up to twenty people at a time, whereas previously she was only able to possess one or two.
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Powered Armor: The Crashtectornote the actual word is rendered as "Classtector", though armor is this, capable of strength up to 30 times that of a normal human while also being able to shrug off missiles.
Source: Series / Tokkei Winspector
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