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serviceable

[sur-vuh-suh-buhl] / ˈsɜr və sə bəl /


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Coherent, meanwhile, said its own serviceable addressable market could stand at more than $70 billion by the end of the decade.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

That project would have served as a serviceable foundation for a career that expanded into more meaningful social critique, but Mr. Arsham has continued to rely on the same gimmick for over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

This first installment of Murphy’s latest anthology franchise is a serviceable romance in a time when such stories rarely receive even modest studio budgets, let alone wide theatrical release.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

“The earnings prints were serviceable, but they did not alter the forward path… Investors are no longer underwriting ambition on faith… Capex without upward revision is no longer a growth narrative.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

He’d paid for new clothes, new rattles, new bottles, new diapers, even though they could not afford them and Aziza’s old ones were still serviceable.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini