solvable
adjective
solv·able
ˈsäl-və-bəl 
ˈsȯl-
: susceptible of solution or of being solved, resolved, or explained
a solvable problem
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I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable.
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Unlike so many other types of gun violence that plague the U.S., this appears, on paper, to be a solvable problem.
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 3 July 2024
Funding has always been a challenge for the MTA, a system that has faced much greater challenges in the past (Superstorm Sandy, for instance, leaps to mind) and, like those, this is one eminently solvable.
—Joe Lhota, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
With innovation and wise regulation, all of those challenges are imminently solvable.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
These are all solvable problems, worth investing in.
—Kennedy Odede, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 3 July 2024
Funding has always been a challenge for the MTA, a system that has faced much greater challenges in the past (Superstorm Sandy, for instance, leaps to mind) and, like those, this is one eminently solvable.
—Joe Lhota, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
With innovation and wise regulation, all of those challenges are imminently solvable.
—Armond Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2021
These are all solvable problems, worth investing in.
—Kennedy Odede, Fortune, 15 May 2024
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solvable
adjective
solv·able
ˈsäl-və-bəl
ˈsȯl-
: capable of being solved
a solvable problem
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