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passable

[pas-uh-buhl, pah-suh-] / ˈpæs ə bəl, ˈpɑ sə- /




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The route is only passable in the summer and fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

We went through, I don’t know, five designs on that thing and still ended up with something I thought was passable but not impressive — not “Pitt”- level impressive.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

But for years, I stayed in the realm of passable.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2026

Two sections, M’Clure Strait and Viscount Melville Sound, are only passable for two to five weeks, about a third of the season length 20 years ago, according to the researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

A person who had no one would be well advised to cobble together some passable ghost.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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