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
  • These studies showed that on-orbit refueling was feasible, but a flight demonstration was still needed.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • According to the team, these computations should make the system feasible for industrial-scale use.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Chia Seeds Chia seeds contain soluble fiber that helps increase fullness and supports healthy digestion.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Flax is known to promote good digestive health and prevent constipation, thanks to plenty of insoluble fiber and soluble fiber (both of which facilitate digestion and regular bowel movements through slightly different means).
    Christina Chaey, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But with the right policy—carbon tax, border levies, clean procurement—that equation looks increasingly solvable.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Small Wins, Scalable Impact Big challenges are easier to tackle when broken into smaller, solvable components.
    Jim O'Brien, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Explainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explainable. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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