answerable
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"It is not the conduct of a custodian of the game, but of one who believes the game is answerable to him."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ms. Arno’s account brings us to the edge of that transformation, where the life no longer explains the poem and instead becomes answerable to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Those are answerable questions—and they are the ones actually worth asking.
From Barron's ● May 30, 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
“Imponderables are ponderable, but answerable, no. Ask a philosopher, but be cautious. If you hear, ‘Eureka!,’ if you think, ‘His answer has captured my question!,’ then here is proof he is a counterfeit.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
