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Recent Examples of expressible
But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.
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Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressible
Adjective
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Their roles are easily definable.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement There are no heroes in A House of Dynamite, but there are no definable villains, either, which is what makes this film so unmooring.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Measles outbreaks erupted in the U.S. this year because a highly communicable virus, sometimes circulating abroad, infected a rising population of unvaccinated Americans as well as some visitors from abroad who traveled in this country.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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This misconception tends to be due to the rise in influenza and other communicable respiratory infections in the colder months.—
Patty Weasler, RN,
Verywell Health,
9 Oct. 2024
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“Expressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expressible. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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