serviceable

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Coherent, meanwhile, said its own serviceable addressable market could stand at more than $70 billion by the end of the decade.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

This first installment of Murphy’s latest anthology franchise is a serviceable romance in a time when such stories rarely receive even modest studio budgets, let alone wide theatrical release.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

“The earnings prints were serviceable, but they did not alter the forward path… Investors are no longer underwriting ambition on faith… Capex without upward revision is no longer a growth narrative.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

The lyrics, which are serviceable but unremarkable—“Oh, I need you, yes, it’s true / I wouldn’t be anywhere without you” is a representative couplet—don’t offset the sleepiness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

He lists 121 figures, and divides them according to a taxonomy that’s highly serviceable today:* grouping them according to the type of thing they did.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith