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
That just makes how Núñez is feeling less explicable for the club.
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
As ever, the director stamps it all with his unique aesthetic preferences, which are very deliberate if not always explicable.
—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
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Tim Britton, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
As ever, the director stamps it all with his unique aesthetic preferences, which are very deliberate if not always explicable.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
Adjective
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The question is answered and unanswered and answerable and unanswerable.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2025
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Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon might all have been answerable to those charges, and that’s just limiting ourselves to the 20th century.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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If London and Paris can overcome these hurdles, offering effective extended deterrence to vulnerable eastern European countries may be feasible.—
Mark S. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
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Because patients are often in highly vulnerable positions, this strategy isn’t always feasible, so another option is going to doctors’ appointments with a loved one to advocate on your behalf.—
Shreyas Teegala,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The legumes contain both kinds of fiber—soluble and insoluble.—
Sarah Scott,
Verywell Health,
31 Mar. 2025
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Each drink also includes fruit juices from concentrate, 6 grams of prebiotic fiber, zinc, vitamin C, soluble corn fiber, and monk fruit extract.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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