usable

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Oxidized garlic is still usable and safe to eat, but it’s not very appealing to look at.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Sybilla Masters, who lived in colonial Pennsylvania, invented machinery that mechanized the time-consuming, arduous task of pounding corn by hand into usable meal or flour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Hyperscalers can order servers and deploy them quickly, but the transformer that steps down high-voltage transmission to usable power cannot be rushed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Each material was applied to activated carbon fibers to create usable samples.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

“If you go on up the canyon,” Oppenheimer suggested, pointing east, “you come out on top of the mesa, and there’s a boys’ school there which might be a usable site.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin