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also liveable
as in inhabitable
suitable for living in
after we added some furniture and painted the walls, the apartment was livable
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Recent Examples of livable
Tony’s Chocolonely is aiming to pay farmers a livable income by attempting to bridge the gap between market prices and the actual Living Income Reference Price.
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Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
View gallery - 8 images Not every tiny house needs to be the size of an apartment to feel comfortable and livable.
—New Atlas, 22 May 2026
Desirae Fox dreamed of creating livable communities while working for a Sacramento County regional planning agency.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
The trade-off, obviously, would be cost, which generally wins out over the sustainability of a livable environment.
—Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
View gallery - 8 images Not every tiny house needs to be the size of an apartment to feel comfortable and livable.
—New Atlas, 22 May 2026
Desirae Fox dreamed of creating livable communities while working for a Sacramento County regional planning agency.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
The trade-off, obviously, would be cost, which generally wins out over the sustainability of a livable environment.
—Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for livable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livable
Adjective
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To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In most other key races, incumbents maintained comfortable leads from Friday’s update, enough to avoid a rematch in November.—
Reeti Malhotra
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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These shoes help young players feel comfortable on the court and improve their game.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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The mission’s detailed investigation of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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The mission helped researchers better understand how Mars transformed from a wetter and potentially habitable world into the cold, dry planet seen today.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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“Livable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livable. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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