workable
Americanadjective
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practicable or feasible.
He needs a workable schedule.
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capable of or suitable for being worked.
adjective
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practicable or feasible
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able to be worked
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Once in office Labour took its time fulfilling the promise until a workable alternative was found.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Keeping the tank as cool as possible could be a workable approach to prevent an explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Gemini made sense of the mess, then got busy forming it into something workable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"Students and universities deserve further clarity, and the government should pause this action entirely, protect affected students and work with the sector on a fair and workable solution," she added.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
But the work stalled; the connection between genes and pigments was far too complicated to yield a workable hypothesis.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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