as in resolvable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable
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Recent Examples of solvable
Moreover, not all problems are solvable—especially not in a world of scarce resources and competing priorities.
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Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The challenges of financial illiteracy and misinformation are significant but solvable.
—Dr. Aman Alzubier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The new version requires a little more care and deduction to make early progress, even though the vast majority of boards still seem solvable with careful play.
—Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Auditing is not about finding wrongdoing, per se; a majority of issues found in an audit are solvable by implementing better processes and/or simply following the ones in place.
—Sean Manning, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
The challenges of financial illiteracy and misinformation are significant but solvable.
—Dr. Aman Alzubier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
The new version requires a little more care and deduction to make early progress, even though the vast majority of boards still seem solvable with careful play.
—Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
Auditing is not about finding wrongdoing, per se; a majority of issues found in an audit are solvable by implementing better processes and/or simply following the ones in place.
—Sean Manning, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for solvable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solvable
Adjective
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Shifting production to the U.S., one of Trump's goals in imposing tariffs on China and almost every other country in the world, is not feasible, says Jami Warner, executive director of the American Christmas Tree Association.—
Andrew Silver and Casey Hall,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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In an ideal world, our pets could come everywhere with us—but taking a cat on a two-week vacation to a hot destination isn't exactly feasible.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, instead of removing the minerals from the water, these devices make the minerals soluble in the water.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the chemical had to be soluble in battery electrolytes and stable when exposed to air and moderate heat so it could be used in existing manufacturing.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
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The question is answered and unanswered and answerable and unanswerable.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2025
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Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon might all have been answerable to those charges, and that’s just limiting ourselves to the 20th century.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Solvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solvable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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