as in explainable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence
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Recent Examples of explicable
Some of them are horrendous but explicable, like Novak Djokovic beating Gael Monfils in all 20 of their meetings; Rafael Nadal’s 18-0 record against Richard Gasquet and Roger Federer’s 17-0 against David Ferrer.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Gender, like art, Peters argues, is not always explicable.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Plot is set against a backdrop of police negligence in the late 1990s and follows a real-life account of a woman forced to request social housing due to explicable and dangerous occurrences in her own house.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
Financial markets often overreact, but this Trump slump is perfectly rational and explicable.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Gender, like art, Peters argues, is not always explicable.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
Adjective
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These special prosecutors could investigate and charge high-ranking executive officials but were not answerable to the president.—
Anastasia Boden,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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After all, the president is answerable to the ballot box.—
Alex Vatanka,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2017
Adjective
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The value here is easy to see; had there been no incentive, those projects might not have been feasible at all.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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This project, if deemed feasible, would include a fitness center, community dining, commercial kitchen, meeting rooms, among other amenities.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
3 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
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explicable. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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