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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Chill the cookie dough until it is more workable.
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Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2025
That futuristic prize is one reason politicians and planners are paying attention, even though workable helium-3 fusion reactors remain, for now, speculative.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
As for whether the plan is workable, Amihai has a simple answer.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Jodi Halpern’s work describes a vision of empathy that is affectively rich but also workable for practitioners.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Workable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workable. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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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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