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capable of being traveled on
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Recent Examples of navigable
The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Mexico are members — works to ensure all the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them.
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Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But my second train trip, on the Andean Explorer, was going to go even higher, traveling from Cuzco up to the southeastern city of Puno, on the shore of Lake Titicaca — the highest navigable lake in the world.
—Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
The federal government's lawsuit hinges on a section in the U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 that says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must sign off on any plans to place a wharf, pier, boom breakwater, bulkhead, jetty or other structures in navigable waters.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 15 May 2024
But then Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina withdrew, and American No. 20 seed Sebastian Korda went from facing a slightly maverick but ultimately navigable challenge to facing 51 aces, an average first-serve speed of 135 mph, and an average second-serve speed of 126 mph.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
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Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
But my second train trip, on the Andean Explorer, was going to go even higher, traveling from Cuzco up to the southeastern city of Puno, on the shore of Lake Titicaca — the highest navigable lake in the world.
—Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
The federal government's lawsuit hinges on a section in the U.S. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 that says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must sign off on any plans to place a wharf, pier, boom breakwater, bulkhead, jetty or other structures in navigable waters.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 15 May 2024
But then Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina withdrew, and American No. 20 seed Sebastian Korda went from facing a slightly maverick but ultimately navigable challenge to facing 51 aces, an average first-serve speed of 135 mph, and an average second-serve speed of 126 mph.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigable
Adjective
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What the possibly dirty text messages involving Hutchinson might say or who sent them isn’t clear.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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It's packed with skin-loving ingredients like glycolic acid to gently exfoliate, willow bark extract to keep pores clear, and green tea seed oil to nourish and soothe.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The city will then prioritize artery roads, including Mission Road and 95th Street, for snow removal to ensure that main routes are passable before moving on to residential streets.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
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That’s passable but below average at 1B/DH, which had a league-wide 108 OPS+ in 2024.—
Aaron Gleeman,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Today's passage sends a clear message to the Senate—protecting women and girls in sports is not negotiable.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Ilya Reznik, the broker representing the owners, told Bloomberg that the number is negotiable but that Bezos is part of the seller’s calculus.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Navigable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigable. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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