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
Adjective
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OpenAI is currently completely controlled by its nonprofit board, which is purely answerable to the company’s founding mission: ensuring that AI benefits all of humanity.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Whoever is managing the Vatican Bank is ultimately answerable to a U.S. citizen.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Measuring fetal testosterone exposure would require continuous monitoring of levels in the amniotic fluid, which isn’t feasible.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
24 June 2025
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Transferring the manufacturing models used in emerging economies to the U.S. simply isn't feasible.—
Kristen Waggoner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Overnight Oats Overnight oats are easy to prepare and high in a kind of soluble fiber called beta-glucan, which may lower heart disease risk factors like high cholesterol and blood pressure.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
16 June 2025
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Then there is the fruit's signature nutrient profile: 3 grams of fiber—one-third of which is soluble fiber known to reduce cholesterol—and 5 grams of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, which help lower LDL cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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