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Recent Examples of cognizable
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.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Rule 23 requires the plaintiffs to prove the existence of a cognizable class of persons who have legal interests in common.
—Thomas Baker, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But the storage unit can make those problems discrete, cognizable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Disappointment is not a legally cognizable injury.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Rule 23 requires the plaintiffs to prove the existence of a cognizable class of persons who have legal interests in common.
—Thomas Baker, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But the storage unit can make those problems discrete, cognizable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Disappointment is not a legally cognizable injury.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognizable
Adjective
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News media break reality down and repackage it into intelligible narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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There’s a way to use vocoder and elicit emotion—see Bon Iver or Rosalía—but MORI’s technique shrinks the warmth of his bari-bass to a barely intelligible mumble.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In a letter obtained by CNBC, the league outlines examples of event contracts that could be easily manipulable by a single person, inherently objectionable, related to officiating and knowable in advance — and asks that operators refrain from offering such trades.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the bets these days, the prediction markets that exist these days are on events where the outcome is knowable…There's bets on whether the United States is going to go to war on a Friday or a Saturday.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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My own life does not feel like one continuous thing but, rather, two distinct halves that belong to two very different people.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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With his wife, Anne, James nurtured a 40-acre ranch in Wynola, near Julian, that housed his art studio as well as visually distinct buildings that have come to be associated with James’ organic approach to architectural design.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The truth of those words is manifest in the myriad structures from the Mughal era (1526–1857) that have survived for centuries after the fall of the empire, which at its height stretched across nearly the entire Indian subcontinent.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Miller structured the play differently, snapping back between realism and symbolism, as manifest in Jo Mielziner’s famous original set.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dahl’s revulsion at the violence committed in Israel’s name is at once comprehensible, in and of itself, and rooted in Dahl’s set of antisemitic beliefs.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Davis is wry and quietly defiant of stereotype, her Elaine’s composure hard-won and her sacrifice of certain kinds of sympathy fully comprehensible.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That said, the presence of companies concerned with defense, security, and sensitive radar systems among the apparent ultimate targets raises obvious red flags.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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The following year, Salling died at age 35 of an apparent suicide.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This season was too miserable, and this club was too far below any reasonable standard to deny the long-evident reality that a full, disciplined rebuild is now an absolute necessity.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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In their video announcing the show’s ending, Hadel and Cusack emphasized that these episodes are not a proper finale of any sort, and that’s very evident from watching them.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Make kind choices and keep boundaries obvious.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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That said, the presence of companies concerned with defense, security, and sensitive radar systems among the apparent ultimate targets raises obvious red flags.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Cognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizable. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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