: able to be done or attained : achievable, possible
It will be difficult, but it's still doable.
You wouldn't want your first outside venture to be in Fiji or something. Pennsylvania is very doable. It's not far from here.—
Mitchel Etess
Mitchel EtessThe format is arranged to present a dish's original recipe in Latin, then translate and modernize it so that it is more doable than not.—Richard Flaste
Richard FlasteExamples of doable in a Sentence
the assignment will be just barely doable in the time allowed
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The book, his first, is filled with his joyous, playful spin on these recipes, all doable for a regular home cook, yet leveled up with El-Waylly’s creativity and smart culinary techniques.
—Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 2 May 2026
But while restoring cellular connectivity in two days can be doable—in 2020, executives with World Central Kitchen told me that was their usual wait—grid electricity is often more difficult.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
In a court filing on Thursday, the company said a requirement to verify with 99% accuracy that minors using Instagram, Facebook, or WhatsApp are at least 13 years old is not doable.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
Village East’s co-op board was quoted $500,000 for a video system upgrade and will form an intercom committee that will decide what’s doable.
—New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 2 May 2026
But while restoring cellular connectivity in two days can be doable—in 2020, executives with World Central Kitchen told me that was their usual wait—grid electricity is often more difficult.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
In a court filing on Thursday, the company said a requirement to verify with 99% accuracy that minors using Instagram, Facebook, or WhatsApp are at least 13 years old is not doable.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026
Village East’s co-op board was quoted $500,000 for a video system upgrade and will form an intercom committee that will decide what’s doable.
—New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Doable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doable. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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