as in explainable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence
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Recent Examples of explicable
Some of them are horrendous but explicable, like Novak Djokovic beating Gael Monfils in all 20 of their meetings; Rafael Nadal’s 18-0 record against Richard Gasquet and Roger Federer’s 17-0 against David Ferrer.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Gender, like art, Peters argues, is not always explicable.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Gender, like art, Peters argues, is not always explicable.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
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The minutes of the convention make clear that the delegates purposely chose not to embed the auditing function in the Legislature, but rather to have the state Auditor be directly answerable to the People.—
Jeanne M. Kempthorne,
Boston Herald,
15 July 2025
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These special prosecutors could investigate and charge high-ranking executive officials but were not answerable to the president.—
Anastasia Boden,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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The $750 billion energy goal is not feasible, and the $600 billion investment figure is soft, at best.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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But this approach is no longer feasible, thanks in large measure to the successes the liberal international order produced.—
STACIE E. GODDARD,
Foreign Affairs,
28 July 2025
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Oats also contain fiber, iron, and beta-glucan, a soluble fiber supporting heart and digestive health.4 Soybeans are an excellent source of protein.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2025
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Foods richer in soluble fiber include apples, bananas, citrus fruits, barley, carrots, oats, beans and psyllium, which derives from the husks of seeds of the Plantago ovata plant, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicable. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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