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as in available
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose a perfectly serviceable, if old, set of screwdrivers worked fine for repairing the door

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as in adequate
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards the acting was serviceable, although not particularly inspired

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Recent Examples of serviceable Only one Dolphins player – De’Von Achane – had a serviceable game from a fantasy perspective. Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty. Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025 By their estimation, the serviceable addressable market (SAM) stands at about $2 trillion toward the end of the decade — that's about half of the total $3 trillion to $4 trillion in data center capital expenditures that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently predicted would occur by 2030. Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025 The youngest of those sisters, Rosa, is played by the aforementioned Charli xcx, contributing a serviceable performance that doesn’t demand much of her apart from the need to look ravishingly exotic and rocking her famous mane of brunette waves. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for serviceable
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Adjective
  • That framing is politically useful but practically useless.
    Kristie De Pena, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But America isn't learning some of the more useful lessons from the engineering state.
    Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
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  • While the app is available and encouraged year-round, the week was a spotlight on the importance of joint effort when conserving the environment, Zirk said.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The preview feature, available now for Pro subscribers on mobile, marks OpenAI's latest attempt to make ChatGPT proactive rather than reactive, with the AI model conducting overnight research to deliver morning updates based on user history and connected apps.
    Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Surihari, Bangladesh, the contribution of Casa Mariù will enable a PIME facility serving around 160 children to complete the renovation of its school and dormitory, while also providing 25 children with disabilities with adequate educational, social and health care assistance.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There is no adequate mitigation for wildfires in current fire zones for new home development.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But, more importantly, is the fact that Tactics‘ message feels more applicable to life in America than any other game this year.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone, whether student or member of the public, interested in attending must provide their full name, contact information, zip code, state, and the name of the school, if applicable.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • According to a report by the US Energy Information Administration, Russia has a total of 36 operable nuclear reactors with a capacity of 27 gigawatts.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Approved by voters hoodwinked by false cost estimates, the project was supposed to be operable by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • McKinsey data shows that roughly one in four Gen Z employees hold multiple jobs, 26 percent report insufficient pay to support a decent quality of life, and 77 percent are actively seeking new employment—nearly double the rate of older workers.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Henry was having a decent game against the Lions for the most part, but much like in the loss against the Buffalo Bills, the Ravens’ momentum was thwarted down four points in the fourth quarter.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • With a PhD in applied physics from Columbia, Ranade said that in his time as a student, most of his classmates either were in finance or major tech companies like Google or Meta.
    Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That includes providing students with applied and work-based learning experiences in high school, as well as career exposure and exploration opportunities that begin in age-appropriate ways in middle school.
    Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The answer was not satisfactory to management, sources say.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told USA TODAY that since its initial request for the information in July, the department hasn't given her satisfactory answers about how the information would be used.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Serviceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceable. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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