- a variation of usable.
useable
Example Sentences
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On 3 August, the prison population in England and Wales was 86,495, around 97% of useable capacity.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
And this may not even show the full picture, as three police forces did not provide useable data.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
According to the most recent figures, there are 87,835 people in prison in England and Wales, while the useable operational capacity stands at 89,582.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
The number of recalled prisoners has increased in recent years and they now make up around 15% of the 88,087 prison population, from a useable operational capacity of 89,442.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
With which it is perhaps desirable also to give Xenophon's statement, it being clearer than any English one can be, owing to the power of the general Greek term for wealth, "useable things."
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin