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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Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Being the mother of seven was useful, however, when the court debated in January whether there were workable alternatives to age verification requirements for pornographic websites.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
But negotiators have been unable to find a workable deal.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
And the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) provisions are workable, according to UBS.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for workable
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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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