explicable
adjective
ex·pli·ca·ble
ek-ˈspli-kə-bəl 
ˈek-(ˌ)spli-
ˈek-(ˌ)spli-
: capable of being explained
Examples of explicable in a Sentence
phenomena explicable by the laws of physics
the mystery of those strange noises became quite explicable once we realized that a colony of bats had taken up residence
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Throughout its 17 years, bitcoin has been defined by cycles—booms and busts that are sometimes explicable and sometimes not.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
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Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable.
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Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Strange and not entirely explicable things are nowadays happening in the world of wind.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Jason Ritter plays Julian’s scenes in this episode with raw emotion, making the character’s choices more explicable, if not entirely forgivable.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for explicable
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“Explicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicable. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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