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
  • Considering how close Canadian fans were to witnessing Ohtani's greatness regularly, their strife and pain are understandable.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Antarctica’s sudden star appeal is understandable.
    Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For players, the potential advantages include a much larger accessible library, the combination of local hardware, cloud, and PC options in a single device, and stronger peripheral and mod support typical of Windows.
    Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Five years ago, Olamide Olowe was a college student with $1,000 dollars, a deep understanding of chronic skin conditions, and a vision to make skincare more inclusive and accessible.
    Essence, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • The idea is to make worker feedback less intimidating for companies by turning it into easily comprehensible data and action items.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In the lab, Goldie’s thoughts circled and surrounded the minutiae of analysis and computation, sorted microscopic comparisons, developed overviews that laid out sequences and processes logically and accurately in theories not otherwise comprehensible.
    Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025

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“Scrutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrutable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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