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advisable

[ad-vahy-zuh-buhl] / ædˈvaɪ zə bəl /


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Trying to juice a rival’s bad news for buzz isn’t advisable if it’s something as serious as an oil spill or a plane crash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

As I told this man who hired a family member as his adviser, it’s not advisable.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

Short answer: It remains unknown, but if you’re in the market for a Switch 2, it may be advisable to buy when you can.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

"In the absence of certainty, it would certainly be advisable for M&S customers, particularly those who may have reused their M&S account credentials on other web services, to begin changing those passwords elsewhere."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

And it wasn’t advisable to be dirty, because he’d inspect us all.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey