operable
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American fuel factories used 97.2% of their operable capacity in late July, according to federal data, a level last seen in 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Youths in custody have access to drinking fountains and operable sinks in their rooms, Waters said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
She is now back in chemotherapy and surgeons say her cancer is no longer operable.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
"These findings add to evidence that the perioperative immunotherapy path gives patients with operable lung cancer an opportunity to live longer without their cancer returning."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Marley had written that line a year before his death, while an operable melanoma was, at that moment, metastasizing to his lungs, liver, stomach and brain.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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