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
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.
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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
Less explicable is the failure of international aid organizations, including the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which have been conspicuously absent from the Dnipro’s left bank.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
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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
Less explicable is the failure of international aid organizations, including the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which have been conspicuously absent from the Dnipro’s left bank.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
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Their statement, the Barmen Declaration, emphasized that Christians were answerable to God, not the state.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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While the executive team run Newcastle on a day-to-day basis, the strategy is determined by the board and senior staff are answerable to the directors.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
25 July 2024
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Read more › Defense Executive order Ordered development of a missile defense system like Israel’s Experts immediately raised questions about whether an Iron Dome-style system was feasible for the United States, which is more than 400 times the size of Israel.—
Karen Yourish,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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The way back: Before the 2016-17 season, Kevin Durant agreed to join the Warriors to team with Curry, Green and Klay Thompson, a signing that was financially feasible because of a once-in-a-generation cap spike.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Vitamin E Vitamin E is a soluble vitamin found in some foods, added to foods, or available in supplement form.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
11 Feb. 2025
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These clays can occur when the water source is acidic or can be simply due to longer exposure to water, as the magnesium clays are a bit more soluble.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
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