as in understandable
capable of being understood
the immensity of the world is not graspable to a child of that age, so the notion of a globe-trotting Santa Claus is plausible
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Adjective
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The celebrations felt fairly muted for each of Chelsea’s goals, but given this was a game Chelsea were expected to win, that is perhaps understandable.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026 -
That question may be understandable and its implications concerning.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The founders argue that automation should be accessible to smaller operators, including neighborhood bars and private event spaces.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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For everyday cooking, a tube makes tomato paste this effective flavor tool in your arsenal even more accessible.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Mario Kart has to work as an entry point to gaming, something slow and comprehensible enough for your grandma to pick up.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2025
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That’s the novelist within the essayist, who loves a metaphor and senses that a metaphor will tend to be more comprehensible to the general reader than a thousand pages of closely argued Thomas Piketty.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Graspable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graspable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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