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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But that depends on a workable U.S.-Iran agreement which still seems murky.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
"The only workable solution is to protect the norm of trans-inclusive provision across the country, in line with international human rights standards and Labour's own promises to the trans community" she said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
No one seems to exactly agree on what is in the “10 points” that Iran has offered and that Trump said were workable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The president also announced that the two were “very far along with a definitive” deal and called Tehran’s 10-point proposal “a workable basis on which to negotiate.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
Savery insisted that the float/piston would produce too much friction to be workable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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