: 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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Making our country a kinder place may seem daunting, but fostering compassion in your family is entirely doable.
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Disappointing realizations are possible, but this is also a great opportunity to simplify big dreams into doable steps.
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Finding solutions that allow AI to flourish without hurting consumers is eminently doable.
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So there was definitely a feeling that a deal was doable.
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Catherine Newman, Parents, 22 Feb. 2026
Disappointing realizations are possible, but this is also a great opportunity to simplify big dreams into doable steps.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Finding solutions that allow AI to flourish without hurting consumers is eminently doable.
—Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
So there was definitely a feeling that a deal was doable.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Doable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doable. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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