addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 
1
: able to be addressed : directly accessible
addressable registers in a computer
2
: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator
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Ricks said just 20 to 50 million people currently use GLP-1s, but the addressable market is 1 billion and growing, as doctors discover new use cases (plus weight loss can address other health issues).
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Australian money transfer provider OFX has shifted to focus on B2B and in its H1 2026 results (spanning Q2-Q3 2025) explained how the company is now investing heavily to diversify its non-FX income services to ultimately double its total addressable market.
—Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
When your social circle has a combined net worth bigger than the GDP of most small countries, your total addressable market only needs to stretch so far.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
One such critique is that Anduril’s total addressable market — the United States government and its allies — is limited.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Dec. 2025
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Australian money transfer provider OFX has shifted to focus on B2B and in its H1 2026 results (spanning Q2-Q3 2025) explained how the company is now investing heavily to diversify its non-FX income services to ultimately double its total addressable market.
—Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
When your social circle has a combined net worth bigger than the GDP of most small countries, your total addressable market only needs to stretch so far.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Jan. 2026
One such critique is that Anduril’s total addressable market — the United States government and its allies — is limited.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Dec. 2025
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addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer
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