workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl 
1
: capable of being worked
a workable material
2
: practicable, feasible
a workable system
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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 Lord is standing by to knock down inflation and negotiate a workable immigration policy if everyone will just get on their knees and bow their head.
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Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Paramount was the theory of optimal functioning—the idea that a workable model of socialism could be based on a comprehensive set of calculations for a perfectly balanced economy, in which all industries and needs of citizens are taken into account.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
That doesn’t mean that France has stemmed the populist tide or has a clear path forward to a workable government.
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 6 July 2024
Much of Macron’s tenure overlapped with the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom the French leader sought to build a workable relationship, although Trump’s successor President Biden was more of a natural ally.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
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Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Paramount was the theory of optimal functioning—the idea that a workable model of socialism could be based on a comprehensive set of calculations for a perfectly balanced economy, in which all industries and needs of citizens are taken into account.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024
That doesn’t mean that France has stemmed the populist tide or has a clear path forward to a workable government.
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 6 July 2024
Much of Macron’s tenure overlapped with the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom the French leader sought to build a workable relationship, although Trump’s successor President Biden was more of a natural ally.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
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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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