as in available
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose
the historic wooden ship has been fully restored and is once again an operable seafaring vessel
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Recent Examples of operable
Health officials say all operable cooling towers in the area have been tested, and those that tested positive for Legionella were ordered to be cleaned.
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Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Barshick said part of the plant is still operable and would continue producing coke, which is used in the steel-producing process.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
China’s ‘Linglong One’ was the world’s first operable commercial SMR, with the second being in Russia.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Now, a significant fraction of the world’s 447 operable power reactors are showing their age and shortcomings, and after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan seven years ago, nuclear energy is in a precarious position.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2018
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Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Barshick said part of the plant is still operable and would continue producing coke, which is used in the steel-producing process.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
China’s ‘Linglong One’ was the world’s first operable commercial SMR, with the second being in Russia.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Now, a significant fraction of the world’s 447 operable power reactors are showing their age and shortcomings, and after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan seven years ago, nuclear energy is in a precarious position.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for operable
Adjective
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Tickets are available for a $20 donation.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Information on what time the stop was made wasn't available Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Energy harvesters—devices that capture energy from the environment—can make electronics and industrial operations more efficient by converting waste heat into useful electricity.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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Considering the loss to the Rangers was a one-goal game until five minutes remained and this loss to the Bruins was also close on the scoreboard, a useful power play could have flipped the script on either game.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Operable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operable. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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