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as in possible
capable of being done or carried out
a workable plan for attracting a minor league team to the city
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as in useful
capable of being put to use or account
a workable solution to the state's growing financial woes
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Recent Examples of workable
Unless other regional players, including the Emiratis, Jordanians, Qataris, and Saudis, are willing to carry the reputational, and possibly financial and governmental, burden of an agreement on the administration of Gaza, no plan is workable.
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Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Think of it as the trick to getting that perfectly undone, full-bodied look—enough grit to keep your hairstyle in place, but thanks to flexible polymers, touchable and workable enough to make styling (and restyling) a whole lot easier.
—Siena Gagliano, Allure, 1 Mar. 2025
The opera, with a workable Royce Vavrek libretto, is less concerned with the issues than the characters and what’s inside them, something opera is designed to do.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet even its many mistakes might have added up to something workable had not its creators leaned on a dead-tired organizational trope.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Think of it as the trick to getting that perfectly undone, full-bodied look—enough grit to keep your hairstyle in place, but thanks to flexible polymers, touchable and workable enough to make styling (and restyling) a whole lot easier.
—Siena Gagliano, Allure, 1 Mar. 2025
The opera, with a workable Royce Vavrek libretto, is less concerned with the issues than the characters and what’s inside them, something opera is designed to do.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet even its many mistakes might have added up to something workable had not its creators leaned on a dead-tired organizational trope.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workable
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What may have been useful in saurischians, for example, may have been essentially useless — a Mesozoic appendix — in sauropods and theropods.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
19 Apr. 2025
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This functionality is particularly useful for artists, content creators, and producers looking for efficient ways to develop custom music while maintaining artistic integrity.—
Rowan Briggs,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Many stores also have regional stock based on in-store supply, so be sure to check your local zip code where applicable.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, in a March release, the company said all potential buyers must agree to comply with its privacy policy and applicable law.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Shifting production to the U.S., one of Trump's goals in imposing tariffs on China and almost every other country in the world, is not feasible, says Jami Warner, executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association.—
Andrew Silver and Casey Hall,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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In an ideal world, our pets could come everywhere with us—but taking a cat on a two-week vacation to a hot destination isn't exactly feasible.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Series Methodologies and practical guides for introducing research and scholarship in the classroom.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Apr. 2025
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And her people immediately rushed to assist her in practical ways.—
Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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However, when asked if that meant Game 1’s starting lineup may not be viable in this series, Rivers shut down the notion and suggested that the starters need to be more disciplined and execute better offensively.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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As an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in starting, running and advising companies in the software and life sciences sector, his role is to support the university’s emerging entrepreneurs, equipping them build viable companies.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 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 technology suddenly seemed practicable.—
Matthew Hutson,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Penguin Random House Canada provides the Information in an accessible format or with appropriate Communication Supports, as soon as practicable, upon request.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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