1
as in possible
capable of being done or carried out
a workable plan for attracting a minor league team to the city
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as in useful
capable of being put to use or account
a workable solution to the state's growing financial woes
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Recent Examples of workable
The Netflix strategy Netflix has a specific set of circumstances that make a co-CEO structure workable.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Abramite suggests rubbing a pea-sized amount of a workable wax or pomade (like the Best of Beauty Award-winning Fatboy Perfect Putty) between your hands and running your fingers through hair while lifting at the roots and defining the ends.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The key is distinguishing between deal-breakers and workable differences.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Abramite suggests rubbing a pea-sized amount of a workable wax or pomade (like the Best of Beauty Award-winning Fatboy Perfect Putty) between your hands and running your fingers through hair while lifting at the roots and defining the ends.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
The key is distinguishing between deal-breakers and workable differences.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workable
Adjective
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If the court accepts the case, oral arguments could be scheduled for the spring, with a possible decision by June.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sustained, strong winds are possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Many event producers often receive severe verbal abuse on social media when elements of an event go wrong, an experience Wendel says was not necessarily pleasant, but ultimately useful.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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Apollo’s entry is useful for the massive €800m ‘Sports City’ currently being built on land the club owns surrounding the Metropolitano, including a new training ground for Diego Simeone’s first team, and public facilities for golf, padel and skating, and Europe’s largest inland surfing centre.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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While the analysts largely see those projections as achievable, the company will need to tighten execution across its entire business to hit the higher end of its range.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Relegation might become obvious inside the first nine games, a fact Sunderland fans know from painful experience, but survival isn’t achievable this early.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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With over 35,000 monthly active users, the platform is designed to allow users to explore different ways of using their digital rewards, depending on availability and applicable guidelines.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Brandon Cwalina, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, which runs Medicaid in the state, said the state already requires every Medicaid applicant to verify their citizenship or, where applicable, their eligible immigration status.—
Kff Health News,
Denver Post,
6 Nov. 2025
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Industry acceptance of aluminum hulls and lightweight composite structures has helped too, reducing energy demand and making electrification feasible for larger vessels.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Nov. 2025
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Such prolonged downtime is not feasible for a commercial power plant.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Dirty Truths reminds us that renewal can be both beautiful and practical.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2025
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The canals and pond, which were aggregately 193,000 cubic meters in volume and appear to have no practical purpose, would have taken 255,000 days of labor by a single individual.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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First, Moscow seeks to occupy or destroy sufficient Ukrainian territory to ensure that what remains is economically viable only with Russia’s acquiescence.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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Both receivers are viable this week against the Cowboys who are allowing the most fantasy points to wide receivers this season.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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The 2025 Nobel Prize for physics recognizes original investigations in the intersection of basic and applied sciences.—
Zhixin Wang,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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Moving beyond the theory of the market, those skilled in applied finance understand how to make practical decisions in financial spaces.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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