workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl 
1
: capable of being worked
a workable material
2
: practicable, feasible
a workable system
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I think the plan is quite workable.
Chill the cookie dough until it is more workable.
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Brian Evans, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Formulated to work on fine, medium and coarse hair types, this workable hairspray provides a flake-free finish for up to 72 hours.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 13 May 2025
This technique provides you with a workable canvas, scaled to the size of your image files, and thus will preserve the resolution.
—Josh Dury, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
But efforts to move to a second phase unraveled in March, with Israel and Hamas accusing the others of violating the terms of the deal and the Trump administration failing to provide a workable new option.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workable. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl
1
: capable of being worked
2
: feasible
a workable solution to the problem
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