as in useful
capable of being put to use or account
the authorities had no actionable intelligence with which to foil the terrorist plot
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Recent Examples of actionable
Engage your audience with relatable stories and actionable insights.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
In April, the president canceled the National Climate Assessment, which distilled research like Hultgren’s or Li’s into actionable insights that federal and local extension agents transmitted to farmers.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 18 June 2025
Retaining only business-critical data helps minimize risk, enhance accuracy and build cleaner, more actionable datasets.
—Rajnish Nath, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Last year, Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., unveiled a comprehensive policy framework to implement site-neutrality into actionable legislation.
—Craig M. Wax, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
In April, the president canceled the National Climate Assessment, which distilled research like Hultgren’s or Li’s into actionable insights that federal and local extension agents transmitted to farmers.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 18 June 2025
Retaining only business-critical data helps minimize risk, enhance accuracy and build cleaner, more actionable datasets.
—Rajnish Nath, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Last year, Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., unveiled a comprehensive policy framework to implement site-neutrality into actionable legislation.
—Craig M. Wax, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actionable
Adjective
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Additionally, tax-loss harvesting, or selling investments that have lost value to offset gains, can be a useful strategy to reduce your taxable income.—
Prasanna Kumar,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Systems like Israel’s Iron Dome have proven useful against short-range, conventional rockets.—
Time,
Time,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Holcomb objected, saying it hasn't been established that that definition is applicable to this case.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
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Hosts and guests are always required to comply with applicable laws concerning firearms, ammunition, dangerous objects, and other self-defense devices.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Nevertheless, the safety zone concept, essentially managing access to and activities around specific areas, could be a practical tool for protecting heritage sites.—
Michelle L.D. Hanlon,
Space.com,
20 June 2025
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And there are practical implications: any PEN Centre or any member of a PEN board that doesn’t want to engage with politics that need urgently to be engaged with can simply point to article 2 in defence of its position.—
Kamila Shamsie
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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This includes tech startups like Queen One, which just signed a 10-year lease for its new headquarters in Williamsburg, joining a thriving innovation ecosystem in Brooklyn and contributing to New York City’s status as the applied AI capital of the world.—
Adolfo Carrión Jr,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The Latin root of compliance means a physical response to force—what happens to a bodily organ under applied pressure.—
Zoe Roth
April 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Actionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actionable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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