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comprehensible

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


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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

Skeptics who had been perplexed by Mr. Gehry’s squirming metallic shapes suddenly found them perfectly comprehensible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

This must be done in a "clear and comprehensible" way, Ofcom has ordered.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

They are clear, straightforward, comprehensible; they contain nothing strange, wild or laughable.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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