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Recent Examples of knowable
The answers to these and other historical mysteries are likely knowable—but they are locked in presidential libraries and government archives and inaccessible to researchers.
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William Burr, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2019
The relationship between Biden and Harris is not easily knowable, no matter what the leaks suggest.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
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.
—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
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William Burr, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2019
The relationship between Biden and Harris is not easily knowable, no matter what the leaks suggest.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for knowable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knowable
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The Library of Congress digitized a collection of Bell’s documents describing his breakthrough experiment with sound wave vibrations that could replicate intelligible sound transmitted from one place to another.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
10 Mar. 2025
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His turn toward politics is probably one of the biggest things to happen to any Marvel character offscreen, right up there with Hulk becoming intelligible between Avengers movies and Tony Stark and Pepper Potts breaking up and reuniting about a dozen times.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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For patients to benefit fully from AI, there must be clear and comprehensible explanations of how these systems work and how they are evaluated.—
Rob El Kareh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Given the stakes for reproductive autonomy, Donegan’s reservations are entirely comprehensible.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 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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The capitulation to Trump was manifest in Senate Republican’s refusal to block any of the president’s cast of unqualified and dangerous nominees to serve in senior cabinet positions.—
Mordechai Gordon,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2025
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The rationale for some kind of second look, or reconsideration of decades of draconian sentencing, is also compelled by the stark racial disparities that are manifest in life and long-term sentences, disparities that increase with longer sentences.—
Steve Zeidman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The crony character of protectionism becomes obvious when examining the labyrinthine incoherence of U.S. trade policy.—
David B. McGarry,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2025
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Find the right dog kennel site This may seem obvious, but good site selection can mean the difference between a single workday and an entire holiday weekend.—
Patrick Brady,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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There is no unambiguous evidence, like specific elements released by an exploding star and preserved in oceanic sediments, that such nearby supernovae ever happened.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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This lawsuit is part of a national effort to challenge race-conscious policies, even when the reasons for considering race are unambiguous and compelling.—
Barbara Hernandez,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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However, the film skews young, and for tweens and under, the songs, cute animals, silly humor and easily digestible message of kindness and collective care can resonate.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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Programs should break complex concepts into digestible components while keeping the experience engaging and practical for adult learners.—
Cynthia Pong, JD,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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