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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
The key to making their small space livable has been the creative way her husband, a technology product manager, constructed most of their furniture.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 4 May 2025
For the past 13 years, riders have organized together and become a formidable force for winning a more just, livable city.
—Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Led by principal designer Kristin Kong, the firm is known for its layered, glamorous, and livable spaces, which incorporate metallic accents, luxe textiles, and moments of drama.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
Is this going to be a place that's livable in the future?
—Sarah Metz, CBS News, 8 May 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 4 May 2025
For the past 13 years, riders have organized together and become a formidable force for winning a more just, livable city.
—Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Led by principal designer Kristin Kong, the firm is known for its layered, glamorous, and livable spaces, which incorporate metallic accents, luxe textiles, and moments of drama.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
Is this going to be a place that's livable in the future?
—Sarah Metz, CBS News, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for livable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livable
comfortable
Adjective
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Your breakthrough is waiting on the other side of what feels comfortable.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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There’s deep emotion and vulnerability in Blanchett’s work, with its performance counteracting the New Boy’s calm and comfortable otherness with an almost overbearing dedication to care.—
Ella Kemp,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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“Livable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livable. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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