as in resolvable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
investigators found that the so-called mysterious happenings at the house were entirely explainable
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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 -
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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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
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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“Explainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explainable. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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