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as in legible
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Recent Examples of decipherable
Most Yiddish literature, and especially that by women, was published in now-scarce journals, or on barely decipherable newsprint.
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Avoid objectionable language, also known as any word or phrase that is readily decipherable.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
As Sportico has detailed, many of these cases have come up short, including because courts have found the VPPA concerns information that would be decipherable to an ordinary person—like a list of videos someone watched—whereas interpretation of cookies requires technology and expertise.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The luxury of listening to recordings is that an opera need not have a decipherable plot or a plausible setting to give pleasure.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Avoid objectionable language, also known as any word or phrase that is readily decipherable.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
As Sportico has detailed, many of these cases have come up short, including because courts have found the VPPA concerns information that would be decipherable to an ordinary person—like a list of videos someone watched—whereas interpretation of cookies requires technology and expertise.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
The luxury of listening to recordings is that an opera need not have a decipherable plot or a plausible setting to give pleasure.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decipherable
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SeeMe documented eye-opening responses in 30 of 36 patients and mouth movements in 16 of 17 patients with analyzable videos.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
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The first lady is placed in a legible constellation.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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Its purpose was not to replace the demand engine, but to make the market’s mechanics legible.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Oats, beans, lentils, apples and avocados all have high soluble fiber content.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
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But soluble fiber’s sponge-like abilities can help lower cholesterol and slow glucose absorption, 1said Sandhya Shukla, MD, a gastroenterologist with Atlantic Coast Gastroenterology Associates.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
16 Mar. 2026
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Matches are fast but tense; systems are readable but deep; and the surrounding social layer, Super Animal World, reframes downtime as a meaningful part of the experience rather than a waiting room.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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If a shopper is looking for a sundress on an AI platform, for example, and a company offers a relevant product, but the data isn't readable by an LLM, the brand could miss out on the sale.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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One way to make the model more transparent is by applying an additional model called XAI, or explainable artificial intelligence.—
Isaac Quaye,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Each episode, on its own, was explainable.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Flying heat shield forward, the Orion will hit the top of the discernible atmosphere while moving at some 25,000 mph.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Trump cultivates an aura of unpredictability, but his actions betray certain patterns that are discernible to those who know where to look.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Throughout its 17 years, bitcoin has been defined by cycles—booms and busts that are sometimes explicable and sometimes not.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Strange and not entirely explicable things are nowadays happening in the world of wind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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The law gives immigration judges significant discretion to suspend public access to court proceedings — they are required to close hearings in matters involving spousal abuse and minor children, for example, unless there’s explicit direction from the affected people to do otherwise.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The United States and Israel have pursued a high-stakes geopolitical objective in Iran with the explicit aim of reshaping regional power balances, but the unintended consequence may be an equally profound reshaping of financial market regimes.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Decipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decipherable. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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