as in explainable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence
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Recent Examples of explicable
As ever, the director stamps it all with his unique aesthetic preferences, which are very deliberate if not always explicable.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
The high-octane algorithms that power our current artificial intelligence boom have a way of doing things that aren’t outwardly explicable to the people observing them.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
That has fundamentally undermined the prospect of a two-state solution, which, despite its flaws, is the best way forward to respect the explicable demand by both national communities for self-determination.
—Richard English, TIME, 17 May 2024
And, the panel said, even if there were a disparate impact on Asian Americans, the plaintiff would still lose because of insufficient evidence of discriminatory intent; the policy itself was race-blind and explicable as an effort to seek diversity rather than to harm Asian Americans.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
The high-octane algorithms that power our current artificial intelligence boom have a way of doing things that aren’t outwardly explicable to the people observing them.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
That has fundamentally undermined the prospect of a two-state solution, which, despite its flaws, is the best way forward to respect the explicable demand by both national communities for self-determination.
—Richard English, TIME, 17 May 2024
And, the panel said, even if there were a disparate impact on Asian Americans, the plaintiff would still lose because of insufficient evidence of discriminatory intent; the policy itself was race-blind and explicable as an effort to seek diversity rather than to harm Asian Americans.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
Adjective
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Independent agencies cannot be both neutral and fair enforcers of the law and simultaneously only answerable to the president, Malloy said.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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Critics respond that their independent status undermines democratic principles, effectively creating a fourth branch of government that is answerable to no one.—
James Broughel,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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SpaceX believes that its combination of brawn and full reusability will finally make Mars settlement feasible for humanity.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Last week, Mayor Buddy Dyer shared that the city determined the project was not feasible.—
Christie Zizo,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Summary Barley is a whole grain with high levels of a soluble fiber called beta-glucan.—
Kathi Valeii Published,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2025
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Heavy rainfall can trigger the collapse of old mine shafts or infrastructure, though these cases are not technically sinkholes because the crater is not formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks, according to the British Geological Survey.—
Jenny Gross,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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