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as in analyzable
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as in legible
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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.
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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
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
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SeeMe documented eye-opening responses in 30 of 36 patients and mouth movements in 16 of 17 patients with analyzable videos.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
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In many cases, her subject matter was often explicitly political and highly legible.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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These platforms must forge collaborative networks that mutually reinforce one another and establish a rigorous framework that makes the cultural values of the biennial format legible, tangible, and palpable to various segments of society in the immediate locale and across the continent.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In addition, a dose of fertilizer (either slow-release granular every couple of months or water-soluble once a week) will keep annuals blooming until a frost.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Oats Oats are packed with a type of soluble fiber called beta-glucan, which forms a gel in the gut and helps your body get rid of cholesterol, Abbott explained.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is intended to help keep client information not only visible to human audiences but also readable, interpretable, and contextually clear for AI systems.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Matches are fast but tense; systems are readable but deep; and the surrounding social layer, Super Animal World, reframes downtime as a meaningful part of the experience rather than a waiting room.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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One way to make the model more transparent is by applying an additional model called XAI, or explainable artificial intelligence.—
Isaac Quaye,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Each episode, on its own, was explainable.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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With no discernible up or down in space, the astronauts strapped into sleeping bags hanging from the walls each night.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, as Effie, Carmela Mayo did a marvelous job keeping the mime passages in character but also broad enough to make every plot point discernable in a vast venue.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
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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
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Strange and not entirely explicable things are nowadays happening in the world of wind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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At the time, Magyar criticized the decision as a distraction from other issues affecting citizens, and said his government would protect the right to assembly, but steered clear of an explicit statement in support of that cause.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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In doing research for the film, Daniel and I listened to a podcast about people employed by social media sites to review content that has been flagged as explicit.—
Isa Mazzei,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Decipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipherable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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