Definitions

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  • adjective Such as can be balanced.

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  • adjective Capable of being balanced.

Etymologies

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balance +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Wouldn't it be far better if in turn all the G-20 nations, including the U.S., sought to perfect and balance diplomacy between and among themselves rather than try to balance their (currently) un-balanceable economies and trade practices?

    Leo Hindery, Jr.: Toronto's G-20: A New Kind of Musical Chairs 2010

  • And this principle assumes that the game IS balanceable -- not just in supply/demand terms but in game achievement terms.

    Just A Little R-E-S-P-E-C 2004

  • A while ago, I spent a couple years working on some Twisted-based application components that could be run as independent services (thus load-balanceable) and completely replace the standard web server + database + lots of code routine for application development.

    Electric Duncan 2009

  • From the day of stabilisation onwards, there was at last the prospect that food might flow again back into the cities, and that one day the nation's budget might again be balanceable.

    Mises Dailies 2009

  • Wouldn't it be far better if in turn all the G-20 nations, including the U.S., sought to perfect and balance diplomacy between and among themselves rather than try to balance their (currently) un-balanceable economies and trade practices? nzuooVcfqBttNgdGV3otoOtcYxMW8cJ2hhktyIBQ3q%2FcM094DhDqnoVUSjrsuU9DtLWka8vUM4KOQpLN4MI6VA%3D%3D

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

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