passable
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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
Two sections, M’Clure Strait and Viscount Melville Sound, are only passable for two to five weeks, about a third of the season length 20 years ago, according to the researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
The food was OK, alas — a passable brisket burrito, chalky queso, insipid guacamole.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 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
We hardly have a functional hospital in our borders, or a passable road outside Kinshasa.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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