as in useful
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigation

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Recent Examples of employable As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 But staying employable means chasing certifications every few years as technology leaps forward. Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for employable
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Adjective
  • Likely to become more useful as the season goes on.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Amgui Two-Story Tiny Home There are so many useful and charming features to this Amazon tiny home.
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Tickets are available for a $20 donation.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Information on what time the stop was made wasn't available Thursday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Employable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employable. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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