passable
Example Sentences
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Or, at the very least, he believes it is passable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
Technology has evolved to a point where recently colorized films look, if not ideal, then at least passable on high-definition televisions.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
He supposed, in the end, that the morning was about as passable a morning as anyone could pass when he was forging through a Latin exercise.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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