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tappable

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[tap-uh-buhl] / ˈtæp ə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of or suited to being tapped.


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Is the food world still tappable as a model for how to have larger social change?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2022

According to a post on Reddit, one change is replacing the fiddly slider used to adjust the thermostat’s temperature with a tappable option.

From The Verge Oct. 12, 2021

The Gilded Age saw the advent of keyhole journalism, instantaneous photography, tappable telephones, surreptitious letter-opening and the prying moralism of sex crusaders like the notorious postal inspector Anthony Comstock.

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2018

That’s one big reason health reform mandated electronic health records, whose riches are intended to be tappable by researchers without patient IDs attached.

From US News Oct. 3, 2014

It’s got colors and tappable shapes on screen, and it reacts to shakes as it should.

From New York Times Sep. 5, 2012

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