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as in distinguishable
able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind
some of the moon's more interesting features are apprehensible even to someone with a more modestly powered telescope
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as in understandable
capable of being understood
a teacher who favored preachy stories that had an easily apprehensible moral
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensible
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Keepseagle is distinguishable because that settlement involved funds paid to members of a class action.
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There will no distinguishable sounds outside the call of a bird swooping down from nearby hills.
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The comments provide additional context for a return that has included both encouraging signs and understandable growing pains.
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The idea remains fan speculation rather than reported fact, but her announcement history makes the urge to investigate understandable.
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In the 42nd minute, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo held the ball near midfield, and audible boos came raining down from the crowd.
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.
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The research behind scent training for dogs A growing body of evidence suggests that scent work is one of the most effective and accessible forms of enrichment available for anxious dogs.
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Accessibility and Sustainability Accessibility seemed to me a priority of the hotel, which has three ADA rooms and features accessible elevators, wheelchair-friendly halls and restaurant entries, and a handicap lift for the pool.
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Perhaps driving them back-to-back would reveal no appreciable difference, but if the point was to imbue the C-HR with an eager quality, Toyota’s engineers succeeded at the task.
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With the exceptions of Stowe and Radcliffe, few women writers receive any appreciable treatment in Fiedler’s book.
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By these arguments, an AI proof of a mathematical conjecture that has stubbornly resisted human efforts would be useful only if comprehensible to humans.
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Suddenly, Marjane succumbing to sorrow became achingly comprehensible.
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Much of this glazing has been retrofitted with an ultraviolet dot pattern that’s hardly perceptible to us but lifesaving for birds.
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Many of today’s most prominent artists are focused on rendering vast, abstract, and often invisible systems perceptible—often by scaling them down to something more sensible while still gesturing toward their magnitude.
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“Apprehensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensible. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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