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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
Solidifying a workable routine helps everyone know what to expect, and your reliability repairs stress that has lingered in the background.
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Seek workable agreements through kind communication.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Because of this design, the knife is sharp at the front, but doesn’t have a lot of long workable blade space toward the back.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
The challenge of figuring out a workable business model as production and personnel costs rise while old revenue streams dry up is bad enough.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Seek workable agreements through kind communication.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Because of this design, the knife is sharp at the front, but doesn’t have a lot of long workable blade space toward the back.
—Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
The challenge of figuring out a workable business model as production and personnel costs rise while old revenue streams dry up is bad enough.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workable
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If possible, set aside some time today to journal, listen to your favorite music, or just take a nap!—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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That's unusual for a drone in this category and genuinely useful for anyone shooting in tight spaces or urban environments.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 27,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, Darwin has a big brain to go with all those useful legs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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And that should be a relatively achievable goal for home equity borrowers, considering that, according to a new report, there's around $11 trillion in tappable equity in the country right now.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Systems operating across networks of businesses can tell you not just what happened, but what's achievable, benchmarked against peers in the same market conditions.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Garden admission is applicable for nonmembers.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Stanford School of Medicine prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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For many Americans, transportation options such as taking the bus aren't feasible, given that many regions lack mass transit.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Part of the purpose of exploration is to find out which of these futures is feasible.—
Scott Pace,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Your big vision is about to meet a practical checkpoint.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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His practical advice fares better than both his theories and his pallid attempts at profundity.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So the team asked for eight hundred and fifty million dollars in infrastructure improvements to make the property viable, along with property-tax relief in Arlington Heights.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Neither the governor nor the Colorado Legislature have the political fortitude to genuinely face the problem and develop viable solutions to ease the burden of Colorado’s property taxes.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Efforts to enable reversible, two-way actuation have led to the development of systems such as semi-crystalline networks and liquid crystalline elastomers, which depend on structural alignment under applied stress.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Mar. 2026
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Scott received her master's in leadership from Belhaven University and has a bachelor's in applied psychology from Christian Brothers University.—
Lucas Finton,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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