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answerable

[an-ser-uh-buhl, ahn-] / ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn- /


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"To Lam is the first among equals, but he's also answerable to the Politburo," he said, pointing to other senior figures in the 19-member committee.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“I don’t think the market is going to get the clarity it wants, because it’s not an easily answerable question and it’s not one that can be answered in the near term,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

They had put their lives on the line to create a democratic republic, answerable to the people and not a king.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

But all of this avoids the challenges of a magical realism where questions about the purpose of poetry, theater, political resistance, life and legacy are answerable only by dying.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

“Imponderables are ponderable, but answerable, no. Ask a philosopher, but be cautious. If you hear, ‘Eureka!,’ if you think, ‘His answer has captured my question!,’ then here is proof he is a counterfeit.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell