answerable

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

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

As CEO of one of the only cooperatives in the Fortune 500, today she’s answerable not to shareholders or investors but to thousands of decentralized owner-members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 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

From Aden to Kuwait, a crescent of Arabian protectorates was governed from Delhi, overseen by the Indian Political Service, policed by Indian troops, and answerable to the Viceroy of India.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 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