fixable

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Recent Examples of fixable Dybantsa’s weaknesses are also more fixable than the weaknesses of other prospects at this size. Josh Robbins, New York Times, 25 June 2026 But Stewart pushes clients further, toward fixing whatever's actually fixable. Angela Haupt, Time, 23 June 2026 There were warning signs before the Mets dismissed popular pitching coach Jeremy Hefner after last season, but at the time, Peterson seemed fixable. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026 But some experts say the problem isn’t fixable. Joel Marks, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026 Yet experts say the program's financial problems are fixable — if lawmakers are willing to make difficult choices. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 June 2026 However, the coherent ones are caused by flaws in the hardware and are therefore fixable. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 This matters because media framing helps to determine what the public believes is fixable. Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 The good news is that owner dependency is entirely fixable. Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixable
Adjective
  • Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
    Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • And is any error repairable without a public crisis?
    François Candelon, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • When getting a product repaired becomes almost as expensive as buying a new one, many consumers will choose to buy and throw repairable items away.
    Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Adjective
  • How much of the damage is reparable is not yet clear.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
  • Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.
    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Fixable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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