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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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Aryna Sabelenka has kept her feelings at a workable spirit level, but the Belarusian was pretty sure that Jelena Ostapenko’s outburst at the net with Taylor Townsend had something to do with the former’s personal issues.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Ali said the appeal process is on track with the schedule the government previously said was workable.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
What distinguishes two states is not closeness to realization or a workable pathway to success but a long record of failure that ended in death, desolation, and despair.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workable. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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