decipherable

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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. 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
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Those options — less glamorous, less politically legible, but fiscally coherent — have been quietly sidelined.
    James Porter, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Can an art museum tell a non-linear version of art history and still be legible to its visitors?
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Yellow bananas are easier to digest, contain more soluble fiber, and provide antioxidants.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Specifically, the small amounts of soluble fiber in rye bread may help slow down digestion, reducing sharp spikes in blood sugar.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Field-ready bioelectronics The researchers say the system can produce readable electrical signals in as little as 20 minutes depending on the target analyte.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This is intended to help keep client information not only visible to human audiences but also readable, interpretable, and contextually clear for AI systems.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Each episode, on its own, was explainable.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Unlike most spirits, which can sit unopened at room temperature for years without discernible degradation, wine is a living, breathing, dare-I-say magical thing.
    Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
  • With no discernible up or down in space, the astronauts strapped into sleeping bags hanging from the walls each night.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Strange and not entirely explicable things are nowadays happening in the world of wind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Could a traffic code provide explicit limits for every possible set of road conditions?
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In many cases, Friedman said, authors assume they are not supposed to discuss their deals, even when there is no explicit restriction.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026

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“Decipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/decipherable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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