passable

Example Sentences

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For investors, the critical question is when the Strait of Hormuz will be passable with lowered risk given the growing economic toll around the world.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Nuzzi-Lizza is just consequential enough to be passable in polite discussion without really mattering all that much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Humor has also changed, and jokes that may have been passable decades ago are no longer appropriate, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

England's schedule is mapped out until the end of the home summer in 2027, when Root would be 36 – still a perfectly passable age for a Test batter.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Mace leaned on his shovel and did a passable imitation.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan