comprehensible
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"What will never be comprehensible, justified or admitted is violence," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Art—crude or cruel, adolescent or arch—is supposed to make comprehensible the incomprehensible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
The language was often comprehensible even for non-Yiddish speakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
"To discover that he had always set out to hurt the vulnerable is beyond comprehensible," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
What was less comprehensible, however, was how Robbie imperiously raised his hand now, as though issuing a command which Cecilia dared not disobey.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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