decipherable

Definition of decipherablenext
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Recent Examples of decipherable Most Yiddish literature, and especially that by women, was published in now-scarce journals, or on barely decipherable newsprint. Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 Avoid objectionable language, also known as any word or phrase that is readily decipherable. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026 As Sportico has detailed, many of these cases have come up short, including because courts have found the VPPA concerns information that would be decipherable to an ordinary person—like a list of videos someone watched—whereas interpretation of cookies requires technology and expertise. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025 The luxury of listening to recordings is that an opera need not have a decipherable plot or a plausible setting to give pleasure. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipherable
Adjective
  • This book isolated and made analyzable things which had heretofore floated along unnoticed in the broad stream of perception.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • At its core, this strategy uses AI to turn buyer–seller interactions into structured, analyzable data.
    Seth Marrs, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Keeping the human story legible against the weight of eight decades of historical events required a discipline that both directors returned to repeatedly.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026
  • Rather than engaging with a system or a speaker in order to contest it, the protesters chose to make legible their refusal to participate at all.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Oat milk retains some of that beta-glucan, but the filtration process strains out a significant portion of heart-healthy soluble beta-glucan fiber.
    Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 28 June 2026
  • The primary health benefit of oats comes from beta-glucan, a viscous soluble fiber that affects cholesterol metabolism.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • In 2023, the Vesuvius Challenge made its first award for deciphering the first letters, and the following year, the project awarded the grand prize of $700,000 for producing the first readable text.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • The registry then produces code that’s readable by AI models scraping the internet.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Auditors must ensure that the machine learning techniques used are explainable to the humans affected by them.
    Erin Mote, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Regulatory bodies increasingly expect documentation that demonstrates validation testing, bias mitigation protocols, and explainable outputs.
    Ethan Stone June 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • Minasian took over the Angels’ front office in November 2020, but the long-struggling franchise has made no discernible progress during his tenure under mercurial owner Arte Moreno.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • Minasian took over the Angels' front office in November 2020, but the long-struggling franchise has made no discernible progress during his tenure under mercurial owner Arte Moreno.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • That’s the only explicable reason for Australians to be riled up by comments from a guy most American fans can’t pick out of a lineup, whose most productive season came for a club literally named the Rough Riders.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Throughout its 17 years, bitcoin has been defined by cycles—booms and busts that are sometimes explicable and sometimes not.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The decentralized group, created by 15-year-old Bradley Chance Cadenhead in Stephenville, targets children through social media, gaming platforms and messaging apps to coerce them into self-harm and sharing explicit content.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Samaritaine is explicit about this positioning.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 June 2026

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“Decipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipherable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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