as in accessible
capable of being understood
with understandable pain and anger, the victim's family lashed out at the convicted murderer
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Recent Examples of understandable
That uncertainty is understandable, given how much is at stake when your debt problems start to overlap with your job.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Growth is one of the biggest sore subjects in Mansfield, for understandable reasons.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
That’s understandable, given that its business touches both operational infrastructure and enterprise software.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Jill Biden misses that, which is understandable.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
What fascinates me about these campaigns is that most begin with a fundamentally understandable misunderstanding.
—John Shallman, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Klopp might be irreplaceable and the desire of some in the Liverpool fanbase to move on from him for fear of becoming stuck in the past is understandable.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Keller explains that questions surrounding the announcement are understandable because adjustment of status often allows applicants to remain in the United States while their permanent residency process moves forward.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 June 2026
To be clear, the excitement surrounding Wembanyama is understandable.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Growth is one of the biggest sore subjects in Mansfield, for understandable reasons.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
That’s understandable, given that its business touches both operational infrastructure and enterprise software.
—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Jill Biden misses that, which is understandable.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
What fascinates me about these campaigns is that most begin with a fundamentally understandable misunderstanding.
—John Shallman, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Klopp might be irreplaceable and the desire of some in the Liverpool fanbase to move on from him for fear of becoming stuck in the past is understandable.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Keller explains that questions surrounding the announcement are understandable because adjustment of status often allows applicants to remain in the United States while their permanent residency process moves forward.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 June 2026
To be clear, the excitement surrounding Wembanyama is understandable.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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The reason is that investors don’t seem to like the idea of fractional share ownership, so reducing the share price makes the stock feel more accessible.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Advertisement The resulting docuseries attempts, above all, to make Richards’ experience comprehensible—to place a familiar, utterly recognizable person at the center of a story many people assume could never touch them.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
1 June 2026
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But Turner will be remembered mostly for the creation and development of the Cable News Network – CNN – which launched in 1980 and made our knowledge of distant events instantaneous and our world more comprehensible.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The Nicene Creed still had a rhapsodic, mesmerizing quality; the Lord’s Prayer would have been intelligible to anyone familiar with the English or Latin versions.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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The dulcet tones of that thick Irish accent are perfectly intelligible over the phone, THR puts to him.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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