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
Richardson admitted frustration is understandable.
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Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
The potential for a mixup is understandable given that Niemann is the author of Raising Goats Naturally and the host of the podcast For the Love of Goats.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
So people are using this as a kind of opportunity to express their frustration; that’s understandable.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Dahlin’s postgame remarks about not wanting to see all of those red jerseys next time were understandable.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
All that defiant growth is understandable, Roberson said.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Secondly, if Belichick was punished for Spygate and Deflategate, that would be understandable, save for this issue.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
That Bamford might be a bit reticent to share more about her life, despite the open nature of her stand-up act, is understandable, but any nerves are soon put way at ease.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
That concern is understandable, but it's also generally misplaced.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
The potential for a mixup is understandable given that Niemann is the author of Raising Goats Naturally and the host of the podcast For the Love of Goats.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
So people are using this as a kind of opportunity to express their frustration; that’s understandable.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Dahlin’s postgame remarks about not wanting to see all of those red jerseys next time were understandable.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
All that defiant growth is understandable, Roberson said.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Secondly, if Belichick was punished for Spygate and Deflategate, that would be understandable, save for this issue.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2026
That Bamford might be a bit reticent to share more about her life, despite the open nature of her stand-up act, is understandable, but any nerves are soon put way at ease.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
That concern is understandable, but it's also generally misplaced.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for understandable
Adjective
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Be transparent about where that basket will be kept—ideally somewhere visible and accessible near the entrance or exit.—
Nikita Khanna,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
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To date, FinalSpark is (to the best of our knowledge) the world’s first remotely accessible biocomputing lab.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The frontier is instead ideological, about interrogating how to reconcile a complex world into something comprehensible when doing the opposite seems easier.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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All of it’s fake, from an ever-growing branch of accounts that use the same verbiage and link to barely comprehensible mock news stories.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If our insurance model lacks an intelligible theory of health, we shouldn’t be shocked when our patients are sicker.—
Amy Caggiula,
STAT,
23 Jan. 2026
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For example, the device may reduce amplification in a quiet room to avoid escalating background hums or else increase amplification in a noisy café to make speech more intelligible.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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