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comprehensible

[kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sə bəl /


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Another Iranian broke in to warn off an approaching ship, an argument breaking out in barely comprehensible English: “Serious warning! Serious warning!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

The problem is that planning documents are barely comprehensible in English.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

"What will never be comprehensible, justified or admitted is violence," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

The mechanisms through which it ravages bats, once mysterious, are now comprehensible.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

The codebook was like a dictionary, enabling the code clerk to translate a message into a secret language, comprehensible only to those with access to it.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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