perceivable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceivable
Adjective
  • For less obvious water damage, car owners might eventually smell mold or mildew.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • All of which raises an obvious question.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With a barely perceptible lurch, the airboat hurdled the canal bank and seemed to hover above it.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This is especially perceptible in states where linguistic and cultural identities have long been a point of pride, such as Tamil Nadu.
    YAMINI AIYAR, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Still, sometimes the heat is impossible to ignore — evident in the small sweat stains on Dinkel’s blue collared shirt.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The football landscape has changed 20 years on, and 10 new signings show United wanted to change the squad, but there is evident faith in retaining the nucleus of Farke’s 2025 centurions.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One discernible trend in the French stats was the concentration of sales among the biggest distributors, especially in the fiction category.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Though they were painted over once, and restored by an art conservationist, the diamond criss-cross pattern of Converse soles is still discernable.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This is made manifest through four sections (two comprising the majority of the book).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The glowing phenomenon appears as rays, spirals and flickers that most commonly manifest in hues of red and green.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • After a noticeable drop in school attendance due to SEPTA cuts in the first week of the new school year, the city directed a portion of its $135 million transit subsidy to restore bus and trolley service on routes that are heavily used by students.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The ears of a young ram are more noticeable than those of an old ram, whose ears are largely concealed by the massive horns.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After the last two years, the absence of Israel and its attendant debates is a conspicuous one.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2025
  • His numbers since the beginning of July are disappointing and conspicuous, especially given the current seven-game gap in the National League Central between the Cubs and Brewers.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • According to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, approximately two of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears.
    Jennifer E. Mabry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Perceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perceivable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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