passable
Example Sentences
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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.
"Most roads are now passable so supplies are now coming in from the city. But immediate supplies like water and food, especially for the children are not yet available," he tells the BBC.
From BBC
The food was OK, alas — a passable brisket burrito, chalky queso, insipid guacamole.
From Los Angeles Times
Humor has also changed, and jokes that may have been passable decades ago are no longer appropriate, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times
England's schedule is mapped out until the end of the home summer in 2027, when Root would be 36 – still a perfectly passable age for a Test batter.
From BBC
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