workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl 
1
: capable of being worked
a workable material
2
: practicable, feasible
a workable system
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I think the plan is quite workable.
Chill the cookie dough until it is more workable.
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Getting Panarin to sign for just two more years removes all sorts of risk from the Kings’ side of the equation, and starts to make even the worst-case scenarios feel workable.
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The hearing will focus on whether the administration can comply with that order, a question the Justice Department now says has no workable answer.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026
Any workable immigration system will include enforcement but enforcement that accords with the rule of law and respects human rights.
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Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The hearing will focus on whether the administration can comply with that order, a question the Justice Department now says has no workable answer.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026
Any workable immigration system will include enforcement but enforcement that accords with the rule of law and respects human rights.
—Binaifer Nowrojee, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
But drawing up a workable game plan for Jarrett Stidham is right in Sean Payton’s wheelhouse, so don’t count out the Broncos.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
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workable
adjective
work·able
ˈwər-kə-bəl
1
: capable of being worked
2
: feasible
a workable solution to the problem
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