as in useful
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigation
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Recent Examples of employable All our efforts are targeted to enable students to become employable. —
Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 These individuals are young, highly skilled, and employable by definition. —Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed. —Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 But an uncle who worked as an aerospace engineer guided her to the more employable area of computer science. —IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2010 See All Example Sentences for employable
Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025 These individuals are young, highly skilled, and employable by definition. —Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 As well as job displacement, AI risks deepening wealth inequality—concentrating the gains among those who own or are able to leverage its abilities, while throwing the remainder into the same basket of the formerly employable unemployed. —Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 But an uncle who worked as an aerospace engineer guided her to the more employable area of computer science. —IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2010 See All Example Sentences for employable
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There is some evidence that psilocybin may be useful to treat depression in some people, but there have been just a few clinical trials.— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
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There’s a useful map of the world’s critical chokepoints here.— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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That figures to be addressed not only in the sixth round, but also with remaining available free agents and undrafted free agency.— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Every other player on both teams was available.— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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