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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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
No jurisdiction has created a clear, workable system to regulate DeFi without weakening its decentralized nature.
—Irina Heaver, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Even if none of those options were workable for him, drinking heavily and getting behind the wheel of a car is never acceptable and never an option.
—Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Though some enterprises have struggled to find workable applications for AI or secure data that is narrow enough to generate profitable insights, the quality of the data AlphaSense is using is high, because some of it is prepared as part of regulatory filings.
—Elizabeth MacBride, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workable. Accessed 22 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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