as in correctable
capable of being corrected
whether the harm your lying has done to our friendship is reparable or irreparable depends a lot on you
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If hazards stop being rare, stop being predictable, and/or produce damages that aren’t easily reparable (or suggest that a building should not be rebuilt in that location), the existing market structures for both property insurance and property more broadly won’t work.
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Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
As climate disasters continue to devastate communities around the world, businesses, governments, and citizens increasingly seek to understand the major contributors to climate change to reverse any reparable effects and ensure a more sustainable future for all.
—Scott Russell, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness in the world, but are often reparable with a very low-cost surgery that inserts a new lens.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
The city's official position was that the soldier was not reparable.
—The Washington Post, AL.com, 20 July 2017
The escalation of tensions between Qatar and key Gulf states is neither new nor completely reparable.
—Aaron David Miller and Jason M. Brodsky, CNN, 7 June 2017
Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
As climate disasters continue to devastate communities around the world, businesses, governments, and citizens increasingly seek to understand the major contributors to climate change to reverse any reparable effects and ensure a more sustainable future for all.
—Scott Russell, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Cataracts are one of the leading causes of blindness in the world, but are often reparable with a very low-cost surgery that inserts a new lens.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2020
The city's official position was that the soldier was not reparable.
—The Washington Post, AL.com, 20 July 2017
The escalation of tensions between Qatar and key Gulf states is neither new nor completely reparable.
—Aaron David Miller and Jason M. Brodsky, CNN, 7 June 2017
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“Reparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reparable. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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