explainable

as in resolvable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined investigators found that the so-called mysterious happenings at the house were entirely explainable

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Recent Examples of explainable But beginning in the 1970s, scientists started identifying some puzzles surrounding the Big Bang, noting several properties of the Universe that weren’t explainable within the context of these two notions simultaneously. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025 But, as is true for most of the things that happen in Black Rabbit, there’s no easy way to explain something that appears, well, easily explainable on the surface. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025 That means building systems that are explainable, compliant and rooted in real project conditions. Michael Pink, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Key trends include advancements in LLMs powering sophisticated chatbots, the rise of autonomous AI for workflow automation, and the democratization of AI through no-code/low-code platforms, all underpinned by critical ethical and explainable AI frameworks. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explainable
Adjective
  • Objects look wider than empty spaces of the same size, and the Hubble Tension may be resolvable if the Milky Way is in a local void.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As an attendance of 6,473 was announced over the stadium intercoms, the answers to those questions felt, if not yet answerable, more positive than negative, a shade Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Co-ops are, by comparison, free agents, answerable to their customers who double mostly as their regulators.
    Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The low production cost makes large-scale deployment feasible.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Say an airline wants to find the best route from A to B, while there are many options, not all are feasible.
    Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Provides Gentle Support for Your Gut and Digestion Apples contain pectin, a type of soluble fiber that plays an important role in keeping your digestive system running smoothly.
    Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025
  • However, including both of these fruits in your diet can help increase your intake of soluble and insoluble fiber.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The good news is that most of the problems raised within our study are solvable.
    Ann Kellams, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Consultants must master the art of breaking down complex problems into solvable parts and sharpen their judgment through pattern recognition.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Explainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explainable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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