answerable

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Ms. Arno’s account brings us to the edge of that transformation, where the life no longer explains the poem and instead becomes answerable to it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Those are answerable questions—and they are the ones actually worth asking.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

They are not answerable to the Saudi people for the many billions of dollars that have been spent on projects that may now only ever exist on the internet.

From BBC • May 25, 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

“Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. Criticise me: does my forehead not please you?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë