passable
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Or, at the very least, he believes it is passable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
An alternative Arctic route, the Northwest Passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Canadian Arctic, is less passable because it is dominated by narrow waterways where ice gets bunched up.
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
The verses would be passable if not for the unremarkable “day in the life” lyrics.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026
A wagon was rare in the summer, when the roads were easily passable, but it was autumn now, and snow would be coming anytime; travel so close to snowfall was nonexistent.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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