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Recent Examples of nameable Our medication is an easy villain — concrete, nameable, and easy to blame. — Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nameable
Adjective
  • In 2025, Wilkerson-Greines hosted North Crowley’s state semifinal win over Duncanville, providing one of the most memorable atmospheres of the 2025-26 school year with approximately 5,000 fans in attendance.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Read ahead for 24 fabulous elopement dresses that’ll help make your big day memorable.
    — Sarah Zendejas, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That orchestral soundscape attributed to the power train is also noteworthy in that it has been literally made by musicians.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps most noteworthy, the board made clear that once a voter casts their ballot, that vote was final.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • What makes Italian culture genuinely unique is not a passive reverence for history, but a remarkable ability to constantly renegotiate that heritage in the service of the future.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • That said, the actress playing the diminutive vigilante — a remarkable Sneha Kumari — drums up just enough passion and intrigue to counterbalance this relatively rote unfurling.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Such a file contains objective personnel data as well as observable assessments of a cadre’s political shortcomings.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • What Domain Depth Actually Looks Like Domain depth is observable, not a marketing claim.
    — Kyle Nakatsuji, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The Zombies’ records are notable for their production values, bringing in echoes and other effects for songs that in lesser hands would be simple unadorned rave-ups.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • As a result of it, very few high-profile awards contenders screened on those dates, and the films that did screen, as world premieres, didn’t make much noise… with one notable exception.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Nameable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nameable. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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