workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl 
1
: capable of being worked
a workable material
2
: practicable, feasible
a workable system
Examples of workable in a Sentence
I think the plan is quite workable.
Chill the cookie dough until it is more workable.
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The Netflix strategy Netflix has a specific set of circumstances that make a co-CEO structure workable.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Abramite suggests rubbing a pea-sized amount of a workable wax or pomade (like the Best of Beauty Award-winning Fatboy Perfect Putty) between your hands and running your fingers through hair while lifting at the roots and defining the ends.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The key is distinguishing between deal-breakers and workable differences.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Abramite suggests rubbing a pea-sized amount of a workable wax or pomade (like the Best of Beauty Award-winning Fatboy Perfect Putty) between your hands and running your fingers through hair while lifting at the roots and defining the ends.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The key is distinguishing between deal-breakers and workable differences.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl
1
: capable of being worked
2
: feasible
a workable solution to the problem
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