practicable

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Buckingham Palace previously announced that Andrew would leave his home "as soon as possible and practicable" after he was stripped of his royal titles last year over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Obama made clear that these were temporary measures and that the government would sell off its stockholdings as soon as that was practicable.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

“To the maximum extent practicable, the needs of the charter school must be given the same consideration as those of the district-run schools.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Second, the ACA states explicitly that the panel “shall be independent and, to the extent practicable, not subject to political pressure.”

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

No other mode of conveyance was practicable, the whole of Gloucester County, across the channel from the isle, being invested with rebellion.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson