classifiable
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One internal document from 1973 allegedly says: "Our baby powder contains talc fragments classifiable as fiber. Occasionally sub-trace quantities of tremolite or actinolite are identifiable…"
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
WhatsApp commerce also extends to one-off sales of homemade goods and a wide range of less easily classifiable work.
From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2021
The problem is that “UFO,” a catchall term for anything that’s airborne and not immediately classifiable, is so tightly knit to the idea of extraterrestrials in the popular imagination.
From Slate • May 28, 2019
There are various types, but Ms. Ephron’s syndrome was “not a readily classifiable type,” Dr. Roboz said.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2012
Lore and facts about these animals are dispersed in many books not classifiable under natural history.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)
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