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as in navigable
capable of being traveled on
after the snowstorm ends, the roads might not be passable for the morning ride to school
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as in penetrable
capable of being passed into or through
the jungle is not passable without a machete
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as in decent
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards
that's a passable paper
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as in satisfactory
of average to below average quality
the actor's Scottish accent is passable at best
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Recent Examples of passable
Big areas no longer have passable roads or bridges.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The relatively large, cheap-feeling, white and blue plastic routers are passable, but what possessed them to put an X on top to house the LED?
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
Could a score be realized by AI that was passable right now?
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
School bus transportation routes will have to be modified for areas of the city that still aren’t passable.
—Kathy Park, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Texas has used the shallowness of the river section to make its point that the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass is not navigable as a trade thoroughfare and therefore not under the auspices of the Rivers and Harbors Act.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Aug. 2024
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The position will report directly to the city manager’s office and be responsible for managing the city’s 165 miles of navigable waterways.Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
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Consider the material: Leather sofas are less penetrable by dust, debris, and liquids than fabric sofas.Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2024
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As last weekend’s tightrope walk shows, the site remains penetrable.Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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DocuSign was up 27% Friday alone on a decent quarterly report, and has doubled from the early-August low.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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Also worth noting is a decent sale on shares at present, with MFIC trading at a 7% discount to net asset value (NAV).Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Overall, the team is running smoothly but one individual, who previously didn’t have any issues, is now struggling: missing deadlines, not catching mistakes, not completing assignments in a satisfactory way.Eva Epker, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Customary closing conditions include final approval from the Comcast board, satisfactory completion of SpinCo financing, receipt of tax opinions, and any regulatory approvals.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Other Russian assault units are pushing fast towards Pokrovsk itself, with infantry units, sometimes only a few Russians strong, probing into villages and looking for holes in Ukraine’s increasingly porous defenses.Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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These graphs can be thought of as simplified models of how a fluid moves, or percolates, through a porous material, the way water moves through a sponge.Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
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The $14 million in extreme heat aid will support senior community centers with adequate and efficient air conditioning.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Barr raises concerns that forms of defective asparaginase are distributed by companies in India and that these defective medicines are probably re-directed from China without adequate quality controls along the way.David Cox, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Despite a mediocre 2024 campaign, Burden is strong at the catch point and at his best creating with the ball in his hands.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The right-handed hitting Bichette is coming off a season of injury and very mediocre performance.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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If Bedard hits and becomes the superstar he was drafted to be, the Blackhawks will be fine.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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The stealth wealth burgundy of today is the color of wine, Bordeaux to Barolo, Chianti to Amarone, all fine bottles that best represent the autumn-winter season.Laura Tortora, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Passable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passable. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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