solvable
adjective
solv·able
ˈsäl-və-bəl 
ˈsȯl-
: susceptible of solution or of being solved, resolved, or explained
a solvable problem
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Examples of solvable in a Sentence
I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable.
Recent Examples on the Web
Hilary Krane, chief legal officer at CAA, believes generative AI issues pertaining to intellectual property, as well as name, image and likeness rights, are solvable and addressable concerns.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
That Shakur left so much behind—a vault of unreleased songs, a startling trove of videotaped interviews, from his high-school years to the last hours of his life, the speeches and performances—is one reason that his career can appear to be a solvable mystery.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
When Gordon writes, particularly in response to parents worrying about potential diagnoses, her goal is to take them through every possible scenario — the terrible, the difficult but solvable, and the benign.
—Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
There were simply a huge number of almost solvable problems that have now become solvable.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
But the practice is bleeding into situations involving challenging but fully solvable problems.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
But Thank You Very Much goes into the psychological dead-end of treating Kaufman as a solvable puzzle.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
But despite the global hype around generative AI, many in the field remain torn about whether or not chatbot hallucinations are even a solvable problem
What is an AI hallucination?
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
The two startups represent a unique concentration of fusion expertise and funding, and epitomize a new confidence that fusion power is now a solvable engineering challenge rather than an eternally elusive scientific puzzle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
That Shakur left so much behind—a vault of unreleased songs, a startling trove of videotaped interviews, from his high-school years to the last hours of his life, the speeches and performances—is one reason that his career can appear to be a solvable mystery.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
When Gordon writes, particularly in response to parents worrying about potential diagnoses, her goal is to take them through every possible scenario — the terrible, the difficult but solvable, and the benign.
—Curbed, 18 Oct. 2023
There were simply a huge number of almost solvable problems that have now become solvable.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2023
But the practice is bleeding into situations involving challenging but fully solvable problems.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
But Thank You Very Much goes into the psychological dead-end of treating Kaufman as a solvable puzzle.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
But despite the global hype around generative AI, many in the field remain torn about whether or not chatbot hallucinations are even a solvable problem
What is an AI hallucination?
—Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
The two startups represent a unique concentration of fusion expertise and funding, and epitomize a new confidence that fusion power is now a solvable engineering challenge rather than an eternally elusive scientific puzzle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1676, in the meaning defined above
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“Solvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solvable. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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solvable
adjective
solv·able
ˈsäl-və-bəl
ˈsȯl-
: capable of being solved
a solvable problem
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