as in cleared
capable of being traveled on
this map shows which rivers are navigable and which aren't
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Recent Examples of navigable
South Carolina has a navigable path to another Final Four appearance.
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Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Binding priorities in the City Charter Section 55.2 direct taxpayer investments first toward navigable waterways, then environmental restoration and protection, and last to deferred maintenance projects.
—Jim Peugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Soon creators will be able to prompt fully navigable 3D virtual worlds with realistic physics and intelligent NPCs.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
Binding priorities in the City Charter Section 55.2 direct taxpayer investments first toward navigable waterways, then environmental restoration and protection, and last to deferred maintenance projects.
—Jim Peugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Soon creators will be able to prompt fully navigable 3D virtual worlds with realistic physics and intelligent NPCs.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigable
Adjective
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This simple, clear shift in communication started to highlight the reality of who was contributing what.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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The issue is parents need to decide because the science is very clear on fluoride.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Once completed, the Naugatuck River spanning up through Thomaston, will once again be passable for aquatic animals down to the Long Island Sound for the first time in nearly two centuries.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2025
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But by any indication, Burns still had enough juice to be a passable No. 2 in a matchup role and that isn’t easy.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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But startup founder Emil Barr says everything is negotiable — even your college tuition.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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What’s not negotiable is the conveying of their connection, both as the best of friends and their proximity in UCLA’s batting order.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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“Navigable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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