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Recent Examples of knowable
The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place.
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Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
At the same time, technological progress has vastly expanded the realm of the knowable.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Security can be no more absolute than the future can be knowable. . . .
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2020
LLMs are inherently less reliable and less knowable than classical programming, and that worries a lot of people in the field.
—David Berreby, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
At the same time, technological progress has vastly expanded the realm of the knowable.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Security can be no more absolute than the future can be knowable. . . .
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2020
LLMs are inherently less reliable and less knowable than classical programming, and that worries a lot of people in the field.
—David Berreby, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knowable
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Similar approaches could be used to induce AI systems to make more human-like mistakes, particularly by penalizing them more for mistakes that are less intelligible.—
Bruce Schneier,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Jan. 2025
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Someone must have reported this to the management of the Chinese Theatre at Wednesday night’s premiere, because half-way through the show the sound fell several thousand decibels to a more acceptable and intelligible level.—
Arthur Knight,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Dec. 2024
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The decision was comprehensible — Caen were on another dismal run in Ligue 2 — but its execution rankled some.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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This distinction is abundantly and immediately clear onstage, never explained but automatically comprehensible to audiences as soon as the dialogue begins, and a testament to the strength of the writing and conception of the piece.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Even with Klayman not meeting the $30,000 threshold, Delgado could have recognized jurisdiction if Klayman stated a cognizable claim.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 Sep. 2024
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Garbarino will be tasked with proving that the DHS leader has committed no less than high crimes and misdemeanors, a rather tall order given the total lack of evidence or even cognizable accusation that Mayorkas did anything improper, let alone remotely rising to this standard.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2024
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For markets, this China-first approach has been manifest in Washington’s promiscuous use of unilateral sanctions against Asian companies that interact with China’s high-tech industrial base.—
Evan A. Feigenbaum,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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The center of attention is light as a hinge between new science and old religion — Christian, Jewish and Muslim — as manifest in around 100 Medieval art objects made in Western Europe.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Nov. 2024
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There is an obvious set of two scoring lines and two shutdown lines available.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Johnson has emerged as the team’s primary back on third downs and obvious passing downs, catching 18 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns and carrying the ball 41 times for 213 yards and one score.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Applied to elections, this description would be tantamount to an unambiguous outcome.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
30 Oct. 2024
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Biden’s unambiguous statements in support of Taiwan have fanned a growing sense of entitlement in Taipei—the conviction that the United States and its allies will have to defend the island from Chinese aggression.—
Bilahari Kausikan,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Everything about Alexander-Arnold can be broken down into bitesize, quickfire, easily digestible chunks.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cooking foods in digestible forms to maximize nutrient absorption.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers’s writing is perspicuous and teacherly — an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
11 Feb. 2022
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Conditions in the state the planes left behind them were far less perspicuous.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
8 Feb. 2020
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“Knowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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