explicable

adjective

ek-ˈspli-kə-bəl How to pronounce explicable (audio)
Definition of explicablenext
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 Strange and not entirely explicable things are nowadays happening in the world of wind. — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025 Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 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 De Minaur against Sinner sits in that horrendous but explicable category. — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for explicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explicable
  1. explainable
  2. resolvable
  3. answerable
  4. feasible
  5. soluble
Adjective
  • The joint guidelines state that AI should be explainable and interpretable.
    — Dr. Anita Gupta, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Enterprises need systems that are explainable, accountable, and grounded in their data.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of explainable
Adjective
  • For Manus, the problem at the heart of Beijing’s objection may not be resolvable, Hendrichs added.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • But one of the challenges here is that some of these crises are not immediately resolvable.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of resolvable
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  • Russia has since replaced Wagner with the Africa Corps, answerable to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Its recruit and redeploy stages require roles decomposed into explicit tasks—making what AI can augment answerable task by task.
    — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of answerable
Adjective
  • When the disorder arises, it’s considered a medical emergency, so running blood tests, measuring hormone levels or getting a patient into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for tests isn’t always feasible.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
  • Physicians and scientists will need to do more work to prove the precise causal linkage between the EKG finding and the risk of sudden cardiac death, but this is feasible with current tools such cardiac MRI and selective cardiac muscle biopsies.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of feasible
Adjective
  • Oatmeal with berries provides both soluble and insoluble fiber, which help soften stool and promote its passage through the intestines.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 23 July 2026
  • More care, on the other hand, should be taken with fat-soluble vitamins.
    — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of soluble

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