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
  • Or perhaps its author was just exhausted, which would be entirely understandable.
    Liz Schubauer, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Almeida believes that is understandable.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the model preferred by YouTube, even streaming exclusives (like Premier League soccer on Peacock, for example) would be accessible directly via YouTube TV as opposed to having to leave the app.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • What’s desperately needed, Sisti said, are comprehensive investments in mental health — Housing First programs, funding to build up a mental health care workforce, and an easily accessible and coordinated system of voluntary treatment that prevents people from deteriorating on the streets.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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