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Recent Examples of nameable Conservative audiences extend their trust to people with firsthand knowledge and physical skills, rooted in a specific, nameable place. Nadia Gill, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 Again, the theatrical elements — especially the text — come together as pieces that sit side by side to become a greater whole that is less nameable than felt. Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023 In distributing blame so widely yet specifically, Sorkin and Zukin strongly suggested that nameable individuals had made identifiable mistakes, ceding vision in the name of short-term goals. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2021 Raphael’s portrait of Baldassare Castiglione exists at one specific point on the planet, and nowhere else, having begun in one nameable place and followed a track through time, owner by owner and wall to wall. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020 Thirteen nanometers is far, far, far beneath nameable perception. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
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Adjective
  • The walk up Telegraph Hill is equally memorable, often accompanied by the chatter of the hill’s famous wild parrots.
    Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Over the years, writers from around the world have tried their hands at using soccer as a backdrop for memorable fiction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • While seeing Jupiter and Venus is not all that noteworthy, Mercury, which takes 88 days to orbit the sun, is an uncommon sight from Earth.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Here is a look at some noteworthy things to watch for during the 23rd World Cup.
    Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • Hong Kong, Seoul — Kim Jong Un led the celebrations, and players wept with joy, as Asian club soccer’s newest women’s champions toasted a continental conquest that caps a remarkable run for North Korea’s female footballers.
    Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • The weekend overall was up a remarkable 63% from the same weekend last year, according to Comscore.
    Jake Coyle, Fortune, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • Price indices work better when quality changes only gradually or in an observable way.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • For Gershman, who is searching for a way to study memory at a molecular level and connect it to observable behavior, the question was an itch that had to be scratched.
    Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • Before releasing his initial budget in April, the mayor urged the council not to make significant cuts to homelessness, contending that could reverse notable progress the city has made on the issue.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Mythos, the existence of which was first reported by Fortune in March, is notable for its coding and cyber capabilities, including the ability to find vulnerabilities in existing software and chain these vulnerabilities together to execute sophisticated cyber attacks.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 May 2026

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“Nameable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nameable. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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