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observable

[uhb-zur-vuh-buhl] / əbˈzɜr və bəl /


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The JPMorgan analysts said overall 98 percent of the observable oil traffic through the strait was Iranian, averaging 1.3 million barrels a day "in early March".

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The team showed that if the Hubble constant were lower, the total observable volume of the universe would also be smaller.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

Coaches call this the “All‑22” view, because all 22 players on the field are simultaneously observable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

“Dreamworld” opens, in the section “Waking Dream,” with harbingers of Surrealism—fusing classicism and modernism, reality and fantasy—by Giorgio de Chirico, whom Apollinaire described as a painter of things beyond the observable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

In fact, the times when she became extremely cheerful for days on end - and for no observable reason - were almost as disturbing to me as her sudden, often prolonged sullen spells.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro