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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
What distinguishes two states is not closeness to realization or a workable pathway to success but a long record of failure that ended in death, desolation, and despair.
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Equally important, though, is framing a popular and workable policy agenda — and this is less straightforward.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Practical guides suggest about 100–200 mg of caffeine followed by a 15–20 minute nap as a workable protocol for many adults.
—Allison Palmer
august 19, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
While some things might not be workable anymore, prompting your husband to think creatively might open some new doors for you.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Equally important, though, is framing a popular and workable policy agenda — and this is less straightforward.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Practical guides suggest about 100–200 mg of caffeine followed by a 15–20 minute nap as a workable protocol for many adults.
—Allison Palmer
august 19, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
While some things might not be workable anymore, prompting your husband to think creatively might open some new doors for you.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workable
Adjective
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The shift has profound implications in House districts across the country, seeping into Democratic primaries as a possible liability for more centrist members.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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New downloads of Weather are no longer possible on Wear OS 6 devices from third-party manufacturers, such as Samsung, OnePlus and others.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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One of the most useful skills in a leader’s tool belt is the ability to recognize potential disagreement and surface concerns.—
Lindsay Phillips,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those images of parents and kids in the kitchen made the goal feel achievable.—
Kristine Johnson,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Set concrete and achievable goals, such as walking after lunch two days this week.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Breakups are not universally applicable.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The findings may also not be fully applicable to the broader public, given that all study participants were older European adults.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When feasible, maintain a sense of humor and perspective.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Skarin said that isn’t feasible because the animals eat on the move and the relocation would deny them food to be grazed while walking from one area to another.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its early pilots include placing a humanoid in a car factory to fetch and carry parts, hinting at a practical path into routine industrial tasks.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Below, Forbes Human Resources Council members share practical strategies middle managers can use to strengthen relationships and create a more positive workplace culture.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Last season, Bigsby showed a lot of promise as a viable backfield option.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The most viable option to advance with the bill, said Portela, is to merge it with another bill also dealing with VOD regulation.—
Marcelo Cajueiro,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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This approach gives immediate context for applied intelligence and, when implemented correctly, avoids the static and siloed data environments that hinder customer experience initiatives.—
Bill Waid,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Among them were Shawn Ligocki and his father, Terry, an applied mathematician who ran their search program in the off hours on powerful computers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workable. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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