executable
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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“Neither the state nor the federal government had clear, executable plans in place to respond to and manage such limited resources in an uncertain and rapidly evolving environment.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
In a call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Biden said Israel needed a "credible and executable plan" to protect the more than a million people in the city.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
For some reason, this action downloaded an executable DefaultPack.EXE on my Mac that doesn’t work, which is confusing.
From The Verge • Feb. 14, 2022
In a statement, the Defense Department said that it undertook a “thorough, logical, and non-political process to determine which deferred military construction projects were executable in calendar year 2020,” and that those projects were funded.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020
For example: "You start with the `.o' file, run it through this postprocessor that does mumble-wango -- and it comes out a snazzy object-oriented executable."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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