actionable
adjective
ac·tion·able
ˈak-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
1
: subject to or affording ground for an action or suit at law
2
: capable of being acted on
actionable information
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Firing people because of their age is actionable.
We've received actionable information that the men are hiding in these mountains.
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That alone is hardly actionable, though some might modestly propose that companies therefore get a new CEO every year.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
That alone is hardly actionable, though some might modestly propose that companies therefore get a new CEO every year.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
These two must then be followed by deliverability, which pertains to translating ideas and strategies into actionable, tangible outcomes.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for actionable
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actionable
adjective
ac·tion·able
ˈak-shə-nə-bəl
: subject to or providing grounds for an action or suit at law
there is good sense in seeking generally to harmonize the standards of what amounts to actionable harassment—Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 755 (1998)
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