as in accountability
willingness or obligation to explain one's actions or to admit being the cause of a problem
Without any answerability to the people, the despot's actions were motivated by a desire for personal enrichment.
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as in responsible
being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so
you are answerable for your own conduct at all times
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as in resolvable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
they say this equation is not answerable
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Recent Examples of answerability
Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
But all of this avoids the challenges of a magical realism where questions about the purpose of poetry, theater, political resistance, life and legacy are answerable only by dying.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
How to clean jewelry, then, should be an easily answerable and well-attended to question within your fashion vocabulary.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
The question is answered and unanswered and answerable and unanswerable.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Like every member of the General Assembly, Stewart essentially is an independent contractor answerable to the voters, not an employee who can be fired or have their pay docked by the House leadership.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
But all of this avoids the challenges of a magical realism where questions about the purpose of poetry, theater, political resistance, life and legacy are answerable only by dying.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
How to clean jewelry, then, should be an easily answerable and well-attended to question within your fashion vocabulary.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
The question is answered and unanswered and answerable and unanswerable.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for answerability
Noun
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Embracing cross-functional teams that blend IT with business strategy helps quicken market response, spur innovation and boost accountability for customer experience impact.—
Pawan Vadapalli,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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By the end of 2017, body cameras — a tool for both accountability and investigation — were in use for all Chicago Police Department patrol officers, which allows jurors and courtroom observers to watch, to some extent, a police shooting unfold.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Today, over 3 in 5 cannabis consumers are aware of terpenes: organic compounds present in plants, fungi and cannabis, and are responsible for distinct scents, flavors and therapeutic effects.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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Local governments are responsible for issuing evacuation orders, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Data protection policy is typically owned by the chief information security officer (CISO), but the responsibility for migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) extends far beyond the security department.—
Antonio Sanchez,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The season sees Wyle's Dr. Robby shoulder the brunt of responsibility as his ER endures a stressful day, capped off with a mass casualty event that sees resources stretched thin.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The president was also found liable for defaming Carroll over her allegations.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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According to her July 2025 report to the UN Human Rights Council, Albanese claimed the U.S. may be ‘liable for the international crime of aggression’ for President Trump's strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Some customers may be eligible for a partial refund if the alternative options offered by the airline aren't feasible, TheStreet said.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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That makes tossing them in your home washing machine more feasible.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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In the gut, soluble fiber mixes with water to form a gel-like substance.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
9 July 2025
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Research shows that soluble fiber, especially, can nourish the microbes that keep your intestines functioning normally.—
Mara Santilli,
SELF,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws, and is therefore attributed to a divine agency?—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The puzzles were all solvable by following the same underlying logic, no matter their length—nothing changes about the process for rearranging the blocks, even if many more blocks need to be moved.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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Students were delaying graduation, schools were facing stop-outs, healthcare facilities faced staffing shortages, and patients ultimately received less care—all because the bottleneck had been accepted as an inevitable challenge rather than a solvable problem.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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