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as in useful
capable of being put to use or account
be sure to wear serviceable shoes if you're going to be walking on the rocks along the shore
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as in available
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose
a perfectly serviceable, if old, set of screwdrivers worked fine for repairing the door
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as in adequate
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards
the acting was serviceable, although not particularly inspired
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Recent Examples of serviceable
Instead accept a serviceable structure that no longer just hangs out there.
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Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
It remains pocked with bullet holes today and only kept in serviceable form for athletes through the volunteer efforts of a dedicated coach.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Any comments on Broadcom’s long-term AI revenue opportunity, or serviceable addressable market, will be notable.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
In the legacy of Oscars hosts, O'Brien did an underwhelming yet serviceable job as host.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Sam Schwartz, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
It remains pocked with bullet holes today and only kept in serviceable form for athletes through the volunteer efforts of a dedicated coach.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
Any comments on Broadcom’s long-term AI revenue opportunity, or serviceable addressable market, will be notable.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
In the legacy of Oscars hosts, O'Brien did an underwhelming yet serviceable job as host.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviceable
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Related article When speaking with vaccine-hesitant patients, pediatricians turn to these tips Vitamin A is most useful for measles support in people who have a specific deficiency, and studies suggesting its use mainly draw on evidence from low-income countries where that deficiency is common.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Ndiaye likes coming inside on his stronger right foot, while McNeil is more useful going on the outside and using his left.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The cones are available while supplies last and customers may only redeem one free cone for the day.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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If no shelter is available avoid trees, power lines, and the side of the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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As our predecessors became terrestrial and moved to dry, hot environments, salt became scarcer, and the craving for sodium likely developed as a survival mechanism to ensure adequate intake.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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At this range, a 1 m object maps into 3-4 camera pixels, adequate for recognition and range estimation.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Vessels will have to submit a technology screening report that evaluates energy efficiency technologies applicable to the ship.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Mar. 2025
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This is not applicable on outlet and sale products, as an FYI.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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The monument, a full-size formerly operable helicopter, is called the Cmdr.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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This is a relatively rare occurrence in pancreatic cancer — only about 20% of pancreatic cancers are operable, which is the only treatment that can stop this type of cancer.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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His character is a foreman, a father, a friend — just a decent, salt-of-the-earth dude, albeit one with a Costco-sized body count from his distant past.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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While a regional court in Cologne initially recognized four of Birkenstock’s shoe models as works of applied art and granted the company’s orders in 2017, a higher regional court in the city later overturned the orders on appeal in 2022.—
Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 1994, the applied mathematician Peter Shor was inspired by a recent oracle result to develop a fast quantum algorithm for factoring large numbers—a task whose apparent difficulty underlies the cryptographic systems that keep our online data secure.—
Ben Brubaker,
WIRED,
2 Feb. 2025
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The procedure was performed via minimal access and the result was satisfactory.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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His messages online sound all too typical of the brash and bratty computer techies who seem to think insults are satisfactory entertainment for their followers.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Serviceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceable. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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