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Recent Examples of perceivable
The trajectory puts Venus in a different category than most of its perceivable peers.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceivable
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
Adjective
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An airport offers, if not exactly an equitable experience (there are Clear lines, lounge archipelagos), then at least a perceptible simulacrum of equality, in that everyone rides the same people movers past the same Cinnabons.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Instead, there was a perceptible rise in militant attacks within Pakistan, accompanied by Kabul’s reluctance or inability to decisively act against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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The painting, like other abstract works, tells no discernible story.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Only in a few of the paintings is the mark clearly discernible as the crooked branch of a tree.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 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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The Moon moves through your 10th House of Visibility, where your structure is more noticeable.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The combination of skilled care, more affordable pricing, and the appeal of travelling for treatment has shaped a noticeable trend.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On one wall, there was conspicuous patch of white paint where a Warhol dollar sign had been removed by its new owner.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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A little less conspicuous than your Marriotts and your Hyatts, this rewards program partners with over 650 independent hotels around the world, offering members more elevated and flexible stays via perks like room upgrades and late checkout.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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All 20 patients who received the trial treatment no longer had any detectable myeloma cells in their body.—
Angus Chen,
STAT,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Perceivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perceivable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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