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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 answerable
Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon might all have been answerable to those charges, and that’s just limiting ourselves to the 20th century.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
Independent agencies cannot be both neutral and fair enforcers of the law and simultaneously only answerable to the president, Malloy said.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Critics respond that their independent status undermines democratic principles, effectively creating a fourth branch of government that is answerable to no one.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers in Washington fear ByteDance is ultimately answerable to the Chinese government, which could make Americans' data and political views potentially vulnerable to a foreign adversary.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
Independent agencies cannot be both neutral and fair enforcers of the law and simultaneously only answerable to the president, Malloy said.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Critics respond that their independent status undermines democratic principles, effectively creating a fourth branch of government that is answerable to no one.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers in Washington fear ByteDance is ultimately answerable to the Chinese government, which could make Americans' data and political views potentially vulnerable to a foreign adversary.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for answerable
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That can backfire spectacularly, since taxpayers are responsible for what’s on their tax return.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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Last year, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are considered human beings and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death, leading fertility clinics throughout the state to pause IVF treatments.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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Its purpose is to hold employers, housing providers and others liable for practices that disproportionately harm vulnerable groups.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Is that feasible and also what the Trump administration is trying to do? Miran’s is a very important paper, with many interesting observations.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Reese said that over 75% of the company’s resin material imports are sourced from Asia, and that replacing these suppliers with U.S.-based manufacturers was not a feasible option.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Oat Bread Oat bread is bread made from oats, which are a good source of fiber, including a type of soluble fiber called beta-glucan.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
20 May 2025
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When the soil is submerged underwater, arsenic in the ground becomes soluble and the plant’s roots can mistake the arsenic for nutrients and absorb it, said Andrew Meharg, the chair of plant and soil science at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
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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 lack of hitting at left field and at catcher should be solvable.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
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If not, work on easing two or three of the most solvable, despite not being the most important.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Answerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/answerable. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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