addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 
1
: able to be addressed : directly accessible
addressable registers in a computer
2
: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator
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Analysts at the bank forecast a global total addressable market for humanoids of $9 trillion by 2050, with China accounting for more than 60% of that.
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
One such critique is that Anduril’s total addressable market — the United States government and its allies — is limited.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Companies expanded their total addressable market by moving customers from on-premise products into the cloud, or by introducing entirely new categories—CRM, digital collaboration, video conferencing—that redefined how businesses operate.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But Meta said that its addressable market was much broader than the handful of remaining social media companies founded in the aughts.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025
One such critique is that Anduril’s total addressable market — the United States government and its allies — is limited.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Companies expanded their total addressable market by moving customers from on-premise products into the cloud, or by introducing entirely new categories—CRM, digital collaboration, video conferencing—that redefined how businesses operate.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
But Meta said that its addressable market was much broader than the handful of remaining social media companies founded in the aughts.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Addressable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addressable. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer
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