knowable

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Recent Examples of knowable But the details surrounding the characters of DOOM, their motivations, and their actions are intentionally shorn away, creating the sense that this is a work guided by an inner logic knowable only to the performers themselves. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Mar. 2025 This is particularly important because much strategic planning and subsequent implementation lacks deliberation and doesn’t do a good job of addressing knowable risks, Conchie notes. Liz Kislik, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Not even changes in entropy are knowable. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 Previous discussions of Bartram and peer artist-naturalists have highlighted how their art sought to make the natural world highly visible and knowable. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knowable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knowable
Adjective
  • Clear, intelligible, physical consequences for success or failure in combat are crucial to building effective battle sequences, and Wheel comfortably passes that test this week.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The vocals come through loud and clear, with harmonies easily intelligible, thanks to the UBoom's multi-driver design.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Nearby conversations are clear enough as to be comprehensible.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
  • An example would be upstream CX changes that help eliminate downstream, cost-inflating customer inquiries (e.g., better product assembly instructions, clearer and more comprehensible invoices, more seamless product return procedures, and even just better expectation-setting at point-of-sale).
    Jon Picoult, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Even with Klayman not meeting the $30,000 threshold, Delgado could have recognized jurisdiction if Klayman stated a cognizable claim.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Garbarino will be tasked with proving that the DHS leader has committed no less than high crimes and misdemeanors, a rather tall order given the total lack of evidence or even cognizable accusation that Mayorkas did anything improper, let alone remotely rising to this standard.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Michael Kimmelman, The Times’s chief architecture critic and Headway’s editor at large, recently had the chance to see one of these back-to-the-future visions made manifest.
    New York Times, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • He will always be remembered for his manifest humility, simplicity of life, and tireless love for the poor.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told Newsweek the most obvious impact from the smoke would be hazy skies, which could contribute to visually beautiful sunrises and sunsets in the affected areas.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • But in terms of the excitement and electricity, the parallels between Verlander and Skubal are obvious.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • While there’s much to say about the social consequences of this behavior, one thing is unambiguous: Completing transactions by phone is standard behavior.
    Benjamin Claeys, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • However, the White House has been unambiguous in its assessment of the situation.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • The three big ones: Use concise language, add schema markup, and break information into digestible pieces.
    Nick Brown, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Trust that what’s meant for you won’t require you to shrink yourself down to a digestible size.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 June 2025
Adjective
  • But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers’s writing is perspicuous and teacherly — an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Conditions in the state the planes left behind them were far less perspicuous.
    The Economist, The Economist, 8 Feb. 2020

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“Knowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knowable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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