How to Use solvable in a Sentence

solvable

adjective
Definition of solvablenext
Synonyms for solvablenext
  • I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable.
  • This is a solvable problem, and now is the time – not in a year.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019
  • But the problems were not all the same; some were solvable and some were not.
    — Joseph T. Hallinan, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2014
  • Still, this is said to be solvable for the rest of the performances.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • This is a solvable problem, there can be an end to this?
    — Eben Shapiro, Time, 14 Mar. 2021
  • These are solvable problems, in terms of the amount of production.
    — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • For the most part, these problems are solvable – at least the ones within our own borders.
    — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The problem is likely solvable, if the world unites together to try to fix it.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The Paul Problem, though, doesn’t seem solvable, even after all these years.
    — Dallas News, 2 May 2022
  • The books were frightening, but in a new way, cool and arch, evil reduced to a solvable puzzle.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • With that said, this is a very solvable problem, Crimmins said.
    — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2024
  • At least the Wildcats believe the problems are solvable.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Twannette Rousseau said this crime is solvable and is calling on police to step up their game.
    — Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The logistical problems, those are solvable and could be overcome with the will to do so.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 June 2020
  • At least the old brainteaser, the one where one guard always lies and the other always tells the truth, is a solvable problem.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • It’s a stage play of familiar faces and solvable problems.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
  • All that said, figuring out how to wear booties with jeans is the most easily solvable style rut out there.
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2020
  • This is easily solvable, though: Just take more care to remove it.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 13 June 2018
  • Two-body problems, like mapping the movement of one planet around one star, are solvable.
    — WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Sure, wind is tricky—wind loads have a lot to do with bridge stiffness—and offer challenges, but these are all solvable issues.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2020
  • But all of these problems are solvable by a programmer with access to the source code, the code in which the algorithm was written.
    — Thomas T. Hills, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Honest to a Fault Dear Honest: These solvable dilemmas are the beating heart of this column.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2019
  • In the big picture, the climate problem is, in principle, solvable.
    — Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Not all problems seem to be solvable by scale, however.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 26 June 2019
  • Grab a notepad and write out a list of solvable problems and possible solutions.
    — Susan Moskop, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • Lead exposure is a solvable problem; the challenge is getting the government to do more to solve it.
    — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 14 Feb. 2018
  • And the good news for pollsters is that with a little creativity, this issue might be solvable.
    — Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • This is a pretty solvable problem, though, if cities decide to limit the number of dockless bikes.
    — Clive Thompson, WIRED, 13 May 2018
  • A number of solvable problems can be solved by algorithms that halt in a reasonable amount of time.
    — Jie Wang, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Editors in wide-circulation newspapers want their puzzles to be solvable by a large portion of their readership.
    — Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024

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