actionable
Americanadjective
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furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
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liable to a lawsuit.
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ready to go or be put into action; ready for use.
to retrieve actionable copy from a computer.
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Instead, it is refusing to repeat the legally actionable version of that claim that a defamation lawyer could put in front of a jury.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
"This gives us insight into the interface between the virus and the human cell and may, through structural modeling, help identify actionable targets for future pharmaceutical interventions."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
A further trial is also scheduled for October this year to determine the consequences of any actionable breaches and any issues relating to damages or other remedies.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rather than selling mass-market step counters, they market premium products that synthesize biometrics like heart rate variability and skin temperature into actionable outputs: early illness warnings, recovery scores and training recommendations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He’s safe inside statistics and diagnoses and actionable next steps.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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