as in understandable
capable of being understood she thinks that she's a sly and subtle schemer, but her machinations and motives are all too scrutable to those of us who know her

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Recent Examples of scrutable But the move reflects who Sinema is at her core: devoid of any scrutable ideology but profoundly cynical. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Dec. 2022 This transition of oil ownership from large, scrutable giants to smaller, obscure operators is one reason why some climate campaigners have argued against fossil fuel divestment. Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 11 May 2022
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Adjective
  • Many of these roles typically go to candidates with college degrees and aren’t readily accessible through the short-term training programs that have been expanding across New York.
    Jonathan Bowles, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
  • While the video described above is not intended for children, for example, social media loopholes make this kind of content easily accessible to them.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 9 May 2025
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  • Nearby conversations are clear enough as to be comprehensible.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • An example would be upstream CX changes that help eliminate downstream, cost-inflating customer inquiries (e.g., better product assembly instructions, clearer and more comprehensible invoices, more seamless product return procedures, and even just better expectation-setting at point-of-sale).
    Jon Picoult, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Scrutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrutable. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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