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navigable

[nav-i-guh-buhl] / ˈnæv ɪ gə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
traversable
Synonyms


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But Warsh’s path to achieving his goals exists, and it is more navigable than the current consensus allows.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

DC Water violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into navigable waters, the lawsuit in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Ben Cottam is the director of the Canal and River Trust for Wales which looks after navigable canals and waterways.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Some are navigable, as we saw in “Six Feet Under.”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

From talking with the patients I’ve gotten passably fluent in Lingala, which is spoken throughout northern Congo, in Léopoldville, and along most of the navigable rivers.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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