as in accessible
capable of being understood
with understandable pain and anger, the victim's family lashed out at the convicted murderer
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Adjective
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In high school, Gates and Allen predicted that microprocessors — small computer chips — would eventually turn bulky, expensive computers into small, affordable, personal machines accessible to everyone.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025 -
In comparison to the Super Bowl, where such ads cost around $8 million, the Daytona 500 offers a more accessible yet high-profile advertising opportunity.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This distinction is abundantly and immediately clear onstage, never explained but automatically comprehensible to audiences as soon as the dialogue begins, and a testament to the strength of the writing and conception of the piece.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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The decision was comprehensible — Caen were on another dismal run in Ligue 2 — but its execution rankled some.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The lyrics manage to be about nothing in particular yet totally intelligible.—
Marc Tracy,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Any sense of continuity in a life—that is to say, any narrative of a life that consists of intelligible episodes, as opposed to random, incoherent change—depends in some way or another on the possibility of the second chance, the repetition of something that can be reworked.—
Adam Phillips,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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“Understandable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/understandable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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