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as in distinguishable
able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind
some of the moon's more interesting features are apprehensible even to someone with a more modestly powered telescope
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as in understandable
capable of being understood
a teacher who favored preachy stories that had an easily apprehensible moral
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Recent Examples of apprehensible
Volt line of alt-country (think Jay Farrar with more apprehensible lyrics), has essentially been Andrew Grimm and a revolving cast of players for the past quarter-century.
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BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
In a way, the moment of recognition in the mirror is also a moment of splintering: from the private self to the self that is apprehensible to the other.
—Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
In a way, the moment of recognition in the mirror is also a moment of splintering: from the private self to the self that is apprehensible to the other.
—Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
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With protests outside the courthouse audible inside the courtroom, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley instructed the jury to not listen to the words being yelled.Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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The only music audible in the teaser is a string of eery piano notes, followed by a percussive hit at the very end.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
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Our mission is to provide clear, accessible journalism that empowers you to stay informed and engaged in shaping our world.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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One of the most accessible patches of forest in the Blue and Gold project is 30 minutes up the highway from Roseburg.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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The best way to use them is to fund them with appreciable assets.Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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The relatively complicated driver arrangement demonstrates its worth (again) with a presentation that’s neatly unified and of an appreciable whole.Simon Lucas, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
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Which is to say, whatever regulators come up with must be immediately comprehensible for the average shopper.Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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This eye can inform business decisions through complex, real-world data that used to be comprehensible only to humans.Richard Meng, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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And the songs followed this logic, molting bit by bit, year over year, the changes barely perceptible in the moment, until a full evolution had occurred.Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
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But during ninety remarkably fast-talking minutes in New York—verbally, both candidates are speed demons—the Ohio senator J. D. Vance moved the narrative of the race in a small but perceptible way toward the Republican side.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Apprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensible. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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