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as in possible
capable of being done or carried out
a workable plan for attracting a minor league team to the city
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as in useful
capable of being put to use or account
a workable solution to the state's growing financial woes
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Recent Examples of workable
The opera, with a workable Royce Vavrek libretto, is less concerned with the issues than the characters and what’s inside them, something opera is designed to do.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet even its many mistakes might have added up to something workable had not its creators leaned on a dead-tired organizational trope.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes, adding up to 3/4 cup flour, in very small amounts, if necessary to keep it workable.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Trees, shrubs and hardy perennials can be planted once your soil is thawed and workable, usually in late March or early April in the Chicago area.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet even its many mistakes might have added up to something workable had not its creators leaned on a dead-tired organizational trope.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes, adding up to 3/4 cup flour, in very small amounts, if necessary to keep it workable.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Trees, shrubs and hardy perennials can be planted once your soil is thawed and workable, usually in late March or early April in the Chicago area.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workable
Adjective
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Fans began speculating about a possible Thug album dropping later that night.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The six-year initiative, ending in November 2025, aims to shed light on the possible timeframes during which Mars might have been warm and wet, covered in glaciers, and maybe even suitable for life.—
Jonathan O’Callaghan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025
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My colleague, Jim Handy, who co-authors a report on emerging non-volatile memory with me, created a useful representation of a hierarchy of digital storage and memory technology, shown below.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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But Danielle Coffey, president of the News Media Alliance, questioned whether Google is in a position to know what’s useful to publishers.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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And to be sure, some may be more applicable to large companies in general, and to the financial services sector in particular, than to the broader commercial sector.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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First, the courts – and in particular the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts – have been expanding corporate constitutional rights, which could allow dual-class founders to carve out exceptions to generally applicable laws.—
Gregory H. Shill,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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If London and Paris can overcome these hurdles, offering effective extended deterrence to vulnerable eastern European countries may be feasible.—
Mark S. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
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The pace of change in AI is relentless and promises a future where data and AI are used to tackle more and more challenges that before were not feasible.—
Don Murray,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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To gain practical strategies to help your organization move forward without getting lost in the hype, register to attend Forrester B2B Summit North America.—
Forrester,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Demonstrate robust execution and viable market potential.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Attorney Wilfredo Allen told el Nuevo Herald that this is the most viable option for those who have not yet completed a year of physical presence in the U.S. and are hoping to qualify under the Cuban Adjustment Act.—
Maykel Gonzalez,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While a regional court in Cologne initially recognized four of Birkenstock’s shoe models as works of applied art and granted the company’s orders in 2017, a higher regional court in the city later overturned the orders on appeal in 2022.—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 1994, the applied mathematician Peter Shor was inspired by a recent oracle result to develop a fast quantum algorithm for factoring large numbers—a task whose apparent difficulty underlies the cryptographic systems that keep our online data secure.—
Ben Brubaker,
WIRED,
2 Feb. 2025
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If regulation to stop polluting activity is not practicable, government rather should subsidize activities that mitigate harms.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2025
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No compliance issues or material weaknesses were noted beyond the usual request of small offices to try to separate accounting functions among staff as much as practicable.—
Amy Wilde,
Twin Cities,
21 Apr. 2024
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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