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comprehensible

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /


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"What will never be comprehensible, justified or admitted is violence," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Li shows us the broader computational context of AI’s emergence, explaining key concepts and breakthroughs in vivid, comprehensible detail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Skeptics who had been perplexed by Mr. Gehry’s squirming metallic shapes suddenly found them perfectly comprehensible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"To discover that he had always set out to hurt the vulnerable is beyond comprehensible," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

The codebook was like a dictionary, enabling the code clerk to translate a message into a secret language, comprehensible only to those with access to it.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau