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Origin of solvable
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“The insolvency date is an entirely solvable problem,” Martin O’Malley, who served as Social Security commissioner under the Biden administration, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
These barriers are all solvable with policies and programs that help support immigrants and refugees in re-entering the workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
But he mostly appeared frustrated at the lack of progress in ending a conflict which he once seemed to believe could be easily solvable.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
"Ship-strike risk is a ubiquitous yet solvable conservation challenge for large whales, and our results can provide a foundation for expanded management measures to protect these ocean giants."
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
This number plays the role of “practical infinity” for computer problems which are solvable but only theoretically.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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