passable
Example Sentences
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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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