navigable

Example Sentences

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The improvements have helped make the areas more welcoming and navigable — while driving up property taxes and attracting unsolicited offers from largely White newcomers to buy up land.

From Washington Post

Federal law gives U.S. citizens “a public right of transit through the navigable airspace,” he said.

From Seattle Times

For example, in 1798 Congress enacted a law providing Relief of Sick and Disabled Seaman, which led to the establishment of marine hospitals along navigable waters.

From Scientific American

But the Trump administration issued rules in 2020 that left out many wetlands and smaller streams under the reasoning that they were not navigable and therefore were not subject to pollution limits.

From Scientific American

“The federal government doesn’t have the bandwidth to regulate every single tiny wetland away from anything that would be considered navigable,” said Tom Ward, the group’s vice president for legal advocacy.

From Seattle Times