usable
Example Sentences
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The building is no longer usable, according to a U.S. official.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Mitochondria are the tiny structures inside cells that help turn food into usable energy.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
It is a far more usable weapon, and much cheaper, than the network of allies and proxies it spent decades and billions building in the Middle East.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The survey found that for every hour a worker spends getting useful output from AI, they spend roughly another hour making it usable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
So when a hopeful and softspoken minister got in touch to ask if they had any usable field charts for hunting supernovae, the astronomical community thought he was out of his mind.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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