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navigable

[nav-i-guh-buhl] / ˈnæv ɪ gə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
traversable
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The Panama Canal relies on rainwater for its complex system of locks, which lifts ships almost 90 feet above sea level onto a navigable waterway, and then lowers them at the other end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

On Friday, the navigable water depth at the chokepoint of Kaub near Koblenz hit the 2018 record low of 25cm, before recovering slightly on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Even if the Strait were fully navigable ⁠immediately, he added, “it will take months for the oil supply to return to normal.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

But Warsh’s path to achieving his goals exists, and it is more navigable than the current consensus allows.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

For a while, Indianapolis was the largest city in the world not on a navigable waterway.”

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green


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