cognizable

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Recent Examples of cognizable At the end of the day, the out-of-state LLCs have no cognizable interest in preventing the charging order from being entered or registered as a sister-state order, since an LLC is not itself affected by a charging order other than to whom the distribution is addressed. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Disappointment is not a legally cognizable injury. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020 The party bringing the suit would have to show that Biden’s policy results in cognizable injury. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022 But that requires someone who suffered some kind of legally cognizable injury from Biden’s order. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for cognizable 
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Adjective
  • Someone must have reported this to the management of the Chinese Theatre at Wednesday night’s premiere, because half-way through the show the sound fell several thousand decibels to a more acceptable and intelligible level.
    Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Trump’s most intelligible proposals (extend the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, lower the corporate tax rate to 15% from 21%, and eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits) would cost some $6 trillion over 10 years, pushing the medium-term debt trajectory up another 10%.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • This is particularly important because much strategic planning and subsequent implementation lacks deliberation and doesn’t do a good job of addressing knowable risks, Conchie notes.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The dead are less knowable than the living, perhaps, but easier to pin down.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • These two paradigms have largely existed in isolation, driven by the distinct needs of their respective markets.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The center of attention is light as a hinge between new science and old religion — Christian, Jewish and Muslim — as manifest in around 100 Medieval art objects made in Western Europe.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The non-specific prayer hints at an innate paganism, a murky complexity roiling beneath Ellen’s adolescent purity; that double nature is increasingly manifest in Depp’s performance as the plot advances.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The concerns are comprehensible enough: in the rarefied zero-sum world of elite American education, is the use of lotteries or personality scores for admissions not discriminatory toward Asian students who must be better than best in their efforts—when their efforts have any bearing at all?
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The precise figures are less important than the core takeaway, however: Syrians are split in their loyalties, and those splits are comprehensible.
    Daniel Corstange, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2016
Adjective
  • Behind the scenes, fans speculated about an apparent rift between Lively and Baldoni, who avoided one another other during press junkets and appeared separately on red carpets.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Witkoff was with Trump during the apparent second assassination attempt on his life, telling NBC that Secret Service agents dived on Trump and got him off his Florida golf course in under 20 seconds.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The gap between a brilliant, perfect idea and its manifestation here on earth is evident in elements like the sometimes awkward choreography and the costume-box-meets-couture sensibility.
    Fiona Alison Duncan, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This aspect of making everything on the premises is evident in the samosas, which elsewhere may be purchased in bulk; here their flakiness shows finesse and the fillings are very savory, served with two dipping sauces on the side.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But for bitcoin investors who have seen a strong rise in the value of their investment, luxury goods — a designer handbag or high-end watch — are an obvious choice for diversifying one's portfolio, analysts say.
    Mimosa Spencer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Even now, the demand for change-resilient experts with transferable skills is already obvious across multiple industries, especially in tech and IT.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Cognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizable. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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