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
Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws, and is therefore attributed to a divine agency?
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The economy was profoundly more explicable.
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
De Minaur against Sinner sits in that horrendous but explicable category.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws, and is therefore attributed to a divine agency?
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The economy was profoundly more explicable.
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
De Minaur against Sinner sits in that horrendous but explicable category.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
Adjective
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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
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Maintain clear logs and explainable decision pathways to verify actions and outcomes.—
Rhon Daguro,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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But one of the challenges here is that some of these crises are not immediately resolvable.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Coordinated Set Identification Service (CSIS) allows two earbuds—or two hearing aids—to be discovered and managed as a coordinated set rather than independently, with resolvable identifiers and set‑level locks.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Our lame-duck governor is happily corrupt and no longer answerable to Floridians.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The bill also encourages private professional guardians to meet with the allegedly disabled adult prior to being appointed to the case or as soon as is feasible.—
Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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As soon as feasible, the team will send its space smoothies on an actual mission so crew members can report their taste and mouth-feel in microgravity, and evaluate how long the components will last.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Many of these products are made with ingredients like chicory root, which contains inulin, or soluble tapioca and corn fiber.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
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Many products are made with ingredients like chicory root, soluble tapioca fiber or corn fiber.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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