answerable

Example Sentences

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“I don’t think the market is going to get the clarity it wants, because it’s not an easily answerable question and it’s not one that can be answered in the near term,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The watchdog's chief executive Vijay Rangarajan said there was "a clear conflict of interest in asking existing councils to decide how long it will be before they are answerable to voters".

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

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

But all of this avoids the challenges of a magical realism where questions about the purpose of poetry, theater, political resistance, life and legacy are answerable only by dying.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

“Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. Criticise me: does my forehead not please you?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë