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Recent Examples of cognizable
Garbarino will be tasked with proving that the DHS leader has committed no less than high crimes and misdemeanors, a rather tall order given the total lack of evidence or even cognizable accusation that Mayorkas did anything improper, let alone remotely rising to this standard.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Rule 23 requires the plaintiffs to prove the existence of a cognizable class of persons who have legal interests in common.
—Thomas Baker, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But the storage unit can make those problems discrete, cognizable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Disappointment is not a legally cognizable injury.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
Rule 23 requires the plaintiffs to prove the existence of a cognizable class of persons who have legal interests in common.
—Thomas Baker, Forbes, 5 May 2023
But the storage unit can make those problems discrete, cognizable.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Disappointment is not a legally cognizable injury.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognizable
Adjective
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With jackzebra’s seemingly gibberish flows and Bloodz Boi’s slightly more intelligible hooks, however, cutspace has finally found a duo that can hold their own on his beats.—
James Gui,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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News media break reality down and repackage it into intelligible narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In a letter obtained by CNBC, the league outlines examples of event contracts that could be easily manipulable by a single person, inherently objectionable, related to officiating and knowable in advance — and asks that operators refrain from offering such trades.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the bets these days, the prediction markets that exist these days are on events where the outcome is knowable…There's bets on whether the United States is going to go to war on a Friday or a Saturday.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Culture and Tourism Minister Nuri Ersoy announced this remarkable discovery on social media, describing it as an exemplary work of art featuring a distinct style, according to Turkiye Today.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Matt Boldy might be one of the most underrated players in the NHL, but yeah, that was one very distinct kicking motion.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Sometimes a person opens the top of their skull to reach inside; in her painting Threading the Story Through the Eye of a Needle (circa 1974), a hand pulls a line of thread through a pupil, towing two tiny people in a boat, suggesting both sight and an idea made manifest.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The truth of those words is manifest in the myriad structures from the Mughal era (1526–1857) that have survived for centuries after the fall of the empire, which at its height stretched across nearly the entire Indian subcontinent.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Dahl’s revulsion at the violence committed in Israel’s name is at once comprehensible, in and of itself, and rooted in Dahl’s set of antisemitic beliefs.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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It’s been especially apparent this year because the draft is really good.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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As the argument continued, Alexander and his 62-year-old father, in turn, urinated on his neighbor’s yard in apparent retaliation for the dog’s actions, prosecutors say.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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That became more evident in September, when Harry visited Charles amid the king's cancer diagnosis.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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As the town is engulfed by the haunt, there’s a recognition evident in Rhys’ reactions, as if the horrors Tom’s facing are simultaneously too ludicrous to accept and too familiar to reject.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Don’t force a quick fix, but don’t ignore what’s obvious.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Likewise the only evidence that Trump might not be crazy is his obvious determination to seem so.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Cognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognizable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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