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answerable for
adjective as in indebted
Example Sentences
The city of Los Angeles is answerable for all potholes on streets within its boundaries, but highways fall within the jurisdiction of Caltrans, the state transportation department.
But it would make one person — the governor — answerable for outcomes, something that has been sorely lacking.
In one section, it says Jewish students have been seen as "answerable for Israel" in NUS spaces and "stripped of any other characteristics".
If it were a crime, as some assert but which I deny,” Jackson explained, “the British nation is answerable for it, and not the present inhabitants, who now hold that species of property in question.”
"I would like it to be known that no amount of compensation would ever make up for the pain or sacrifices I made to hold Police Scotland to account but it will enable me to continue with my quest for holding them and others answerable for their actions," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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