Examples of treatable in a Sentence
The infection is treatable with antibiotics.
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The good news is that when it is caught early, colon cancer is highly treatable.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Pulmonary embolism is often treatable with prompt care, but unexplained shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, or new leg swelling require emergency medical attention.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Yosemite focuses on the whole gamut of cancers, from colon cancer, which is often caught early and is treatable, to pancreatic cancer, which is largely a death sentence.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work.
—Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Pulmonary embolism is often treatable with prompt care, but unexplained shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting, or new leg swelling require emergency medical attention.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Yosemite focuses on the whole gamut of cancers, from colon cancer, which is often caught early and is treatable, to pancreatic cancer, which is largely a death sentence.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip to the intensive care unit, and the hospital staffers — from Latin America, Somalia, Myanmar and elsewhere — too scared to come to work.
—Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Treatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treatable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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treatable
adjective
treat·able
ˈtrēt-ə-bəl 
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