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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

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

The language was often comprehensible even for non-Yiddish speakers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

"Art restitution is a very sensitive issue, all research must be carried out accurately and in detail, and the result must be comprehensible and transparent," Ms Jakubovits said.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

In the agony of trying to answer their barely comprehensible questions, I jabbed my hands here and there, forming words with my fingers because the words refused to leave my mouth.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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