retrievable

adjective

Definition of retrievablenext
as in repairable

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Recent Examples of retrievable The ancient poet may have thus been surprised to learn that today, time is indeed retrievable—at least somewhat. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026 And newer brands can build easily retrievable content and clean website architecture without worrying about legacy technical debt. — Tyler Jordan, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 The more intrepid our assertions of individual presence, the more makeshift seem our identities, the less retrievable our origins. — Patrick R. Crowley, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026 He might be better served by taking his own advice before dissing so many of his fellow rappers on publicly retrievable jail calls. — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrievable
  1. repairable
  2. reparable
  3. remediable
  4. correctable
  5. redeemable
  6. fixable
Adjective
  • What's especially neat, though, is these are as repairable as the original Fairbuds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Although the oil market largely dodged a bullet after a successful but repairable attack on Saudi Arabia’s crucial East-West pipeline, the recent attacks prove that the conflict isn’t abating anytime soon.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of repairable
Adjective
  • Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.
    — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Definition of reparable
Adjective
  • And those hard-material limits are not remediable through belief.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Others described disciplinary processes that escalated quickly and unpredictably, often tied to subjective assessments of behavior rather than remediable clinical skills.
    — Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026
Definition of remediable
Adjective
  • Short cycles that release only a few cars, and left turn lanes with storage too short to reach the green arrow, are correctable through retiming and restriping.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • After studying the game, Miami’s coaches believe the issues that stunted their second-half offense are correctable going forward.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of correctable
Adjective
  • The company attributed the loss mainly to fair-value losses on its convertible redeemable preferred shares, as per its prospectus.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Unused components of the prize have no redeemable cash value.
    — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of redeemable
Adjective
  • Somewhere in that trail are the leaks; small, fixable and expensive.
    — Dr. Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The biggest problem in its quarterly results Tuesday was the cardiovascular unit within its MedTech segment, though management insists the problems are fixable.
    — Alexa LoMonaco,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of fixable

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“Retrievable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrievable. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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