How to Use observable in a Sentence

observable

adjective
  • This footage is truly unique, since this view of the sun is not observable on earth.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2020
  • For Givens, that’s observable not just in the makeup of the City Council but also in that of their staffs.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • What starts at a Planck and ends with the entire observable universe?
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • In this scenario, the observable universe is like a very large box.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 Mar. 2022
  • There have been observable changes in the timing of seal life throughout the Atlantic and the world, according to the study.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • In people, change is slow, but in a garden and in our plants, the change is observable daily.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • One of the main goals of the telescope is to study distant galaxies close to the edge of observable universe.
    Marcia Rieke, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Only his eyes were observable, darting back and forth as the judge read the verdict.
    Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2021
  • That’s a one with 21 zeroes after it—over 50 times the number of stars in the observable universe.
    Will Roper, Wired, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The ring should be observable in southern Texas at 11:50 am Central time.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In addition, the whole system is located 90% of the way to the edge of the observable universe.
    Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Just turn the lights off—so there are no observable changes in light to go along with the acoustic vibrations—and remove the bulbs.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2020
  • Strictly for those who are in parts of the world where the eclipse is not observable—or if you’re struck by clouds just at the wrong time—there are plenty of places to stream the eclipse.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • These targets were easily observable through the walls of the tank.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The event is observable from anywhere on Earth, provided the sky is clear.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • This meant the next one would be observable in the northern hemisphere in the middle of October 2023.
    Chiara Villanueva, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The airplane is very much built to go into combat and be low-observable.
    William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
  • None of this is clear to anyone who just walks in the front door, of course, where the smallest fraction of the stock is readily observable.
    Karen Sandstrom, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The other half of this year’s physics Nobel goes to research that filled in a missing piece of the observable universe.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • And even at the premiere, the long sleeves of an oversized shirt kept the tattoo from being fully observable.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Piñuela says that what makes the Cultivo approach stand out is that all the data is observable all the way through the lifetime of the credit.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The difference was most observable for those 30 or above.
    Bloomberg.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • In addition, the whole system is located 90 percent of the way to the edge of the observable universe.
    Author: Deborah Netburn, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The collection came about from a more observable kind of travel.
    Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Their staying power is even observable by the naked eye: Centuries-old trees bear just as many seeds and leaves as young ones.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Deputies say that the woman had observable injuries to her right arm due to her hitting the toilet when the Texas native threw her down.
    Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The number of bytes in the digital universe was 40 times bigger than the number of stars in the observable universe.
    Clint Boulton, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The question, then, was how to connect it to properties that are observable.
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2019
  • Shapes of this type are observable in nautilus shells, zebra stripes, river islands and even in the cross-section of an onion, per a statement from the University of Oxford.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
  • For years, scientists did not consider the different observable personalities in cats, Baundry and her co-authors wrote in their 2022 study.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024

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