operable

Example Sentences

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Since 2015, it has restarted 15 out of its 33 operable reactors.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

There are only two working communal bathrooms for residents, one of which does not have an operable light, and only two communal showers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024

"These findings add to evidence that the perioperative immunotherapy path gives patients with operable lung cancer an opportunity to live longer without their cancer returning."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Editorials and articles have sparked a Washington State Ferries food fight over our lack of operable boats and strategies to solve that.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

Marley had written that line a year before his death, while an operable melanoma was, at that moment, metastasizing to his lungs, liver, stomach and brain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover