How to Use solvable in a Sentence
solvable
adjective- I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable.
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This is a solvable problem, and now is the time – not in a year.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019
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But the problems were not all the same; some were solvable and some were not.
—Joseph T. Hallinan, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2014
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Still, this is said to be solvable for the rest of the performances.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
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This is a solvable problem, there can be an end to this?
—Eben Shapiro, Time, 14 Mar. 2021
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These are solvable problems, in terms of the amount of production.
—Brad McMillan, Forbes, 21 May 2021
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For the most part, these problems are solvable – at least the ones within our own borders.
—Jill Filipovic, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
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The problem is likely solvable, if the world unites together to try to fix it.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021
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The Paul Problem, though, doesn’t seem solvable, even after all these years.
—Dallas News, 2 May 2022
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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
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With that said, this is a very solvable problem, Crimmins said.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2024
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At least the Wildcats believe the problems are solvable.
—Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
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Twannette Rousseau said this crime is solvable and is calling on police to step up their game.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2020
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The logistical problems, those are solvable and could be overcome with the will to do so.
—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 June 2020
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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
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It’s a stage play of familiar faces and solvable problems.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
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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
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This is easily solvable, though: Just take more care to remove it.
—Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 13 June 2018
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Two-body problems, like mapping the movement of one planet around one star, are solvable.
—WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
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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
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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
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Honest to a Fault Dear Honest: These solvable dilemmas are the beating heart of this column.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2019
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In the big picture, the climate problem is, in principle, solvable.
—Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
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Not all problems seem to be solvable by scale, however.
—Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 26 June 2019
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Grab a notepad and write out a list of solvable problems and possible solutions.
—Susan Moskop, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
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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
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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
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This is a pretty solvable problem, though, if cities decide to limit the number of dockless bikes.
—Clive Thompson, WIRED, 13 May 2018
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A number of solvable problems can be solved by algorithms that halt in a reasonable amount of time.
—Jie Wang, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
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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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