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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
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.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Their statement, the Barmen Declaration, emphasized that Christians were answerable to God, not the state.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
While the executive team run Newcastle on a day-to-day basis, the strategy is determined by the board and senior staff are answerable to the directors.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Finally, accountability refers to the publisher being answerable and responsible for their work, such as making corrections.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Their statement, the Barmen Declaration, emphasized that Christians were answerable to God, not the state.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
While the executive team run Newcastle on a day-to-day basis, the strategy is determined by the board and senior staff are answerable to the directors.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Finally, accountability refers to the publisher being answerable and responsible for their work, such as making corrections.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for answerable
Adjective
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But human activity is responsible for about 90% of all wildfires in the nation.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Despite the pretence, Tindall is an elite coach with a sharp tactical brain, responsible for overseeing Newcastle’s defence and orchestrating set pieces.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These rules establish that an executor who makes distributions from the estate before satisfying estate tax liability may become personally liable for the unpaid estate tax.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Spacey has denied any allegations of improper or criminal behavior and in 2022, he was found not liable for battery against actor Anthony Rapp. CNN has reached out to representatives for Spacey and Netflix for comment about the new video.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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That's why using MS Office for simple, small business projects like creating documents in Microsoft Word or balancing your expenses in Excel can be feasible even with an older model.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
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Apple reasonably concluded, said the court, that neither testing nor any other accommodation for his medical condition was feasible.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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However, instead of removing the minerals from the water, these devices make the minerals soluble in the water.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the chemical had to be soluble in battery electrolytes and stable when exposed to air and moderate heat so it could be used in existing manufacturing.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 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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Classical Competition: As classical algorithms and hardware improve, some problems previously thought to demonstrate quantum supremacy may become solvable with classical methods.—
Dorit Dor,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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With infinite money and resources, most problems seem solvable.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Answerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/answerable. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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