: capable of being known : able to be determined or understood
This year, California votes March 3, and whether it offers a delegate haul for one candidate or a scramble between several candidates is not yet knowable.—
David Weigel
David WeigelAt the end of any year, a fixed and knowable number of us will have developed heart disease, and another number won't have.—Jeffrey Kluger and Alice Park
Jeffrey Kluger and Alice ParkA smear of orange tells everything knowable about light when it collides with the bottom of a copper pot.—Peter Schjedlahl
Peter SchjedlahlExamples of knowable in a Sentence
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The only thing that is knowable and important for you is your long-term objectives and your investment strategy to achieve them.
—Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
In both cases, human beings, writing with an ardor and an inspiration that indeed seem sacred, went to the edge of the knowable.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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, 20 Feb. 2024
The danger was knowable, something that could be combatted.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Moreover, the things that might have to be done to protect the country are not antecedently knowable.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
At stake is not just the curiosity of the researchers involved: Resolving P versus NP could solve countless logistical problems, render all cryptography moot, and even speak to the ultimate nature of what’s knowable and what’s forever beyond our grasp.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The answers to many of these questions may not be knowable yet, but that doesn’t mean business leaders shouldn’t be thinking about them.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
Whether Biden can overcome those problems isn’t knowable.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
In both cases, human beings, writing with an ardor and an inspiration that indeed seem sacred, went to the edge of the knowable.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
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, 20 Feb. 2024
The danger was knowable, something that could be combatted.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Moreover, the things that might have to be done to protect the country are not antecedently knowable.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
At stake is not just the curiosity of the researchers involved: Resolving P versus NP could solve countless logistical problems, render all cryptography moot, and even speak to the ultimate nature of what’s knowable and what’s forever beyond our grasp.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
The answers to many of these questions may not be knowable yet, but that doesn’t mean business leaders shouldn’t be thinking about them.
—Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
Whether Biden can overcome those problems isn’t knowable.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
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“Knowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knowable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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