identifiable
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If something is identifiable, it means you can identify it — or know what it is. Put your name in your jacket so it is identifiable as yours. Identifiable can also mean known — if you're trying to solve the energy crisis, you should come up with a plan that maximizes the all identifiable uses of alternative energy. If you have feelings that other can relate to, you are identifiable — people feel that they know you. If you wear a cross around your neck, that is communicating your identity — making you identifiable as a Christian.
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However, no VPN can guarantee complete anonymity, especially if users are logged into personal accounts or using identifiable services.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Under federal ethics regulations and decades of OGE guidance, a “particular matter” means a matter involving specific identifiable parties: an enforcement action; a bank’s stress test.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
It happens off the ball but is more identifiable than the subtle elbow to the chest or a nip to the stomach.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
But her voice—slightly nasal, with conversational phrasing and clipped inflections informed by hip-hop—is instantly identifiable, and conveys intelligence and intimacy while sounding perfectly natural in glittery electronic productions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
When the orange and blue flag goes up over the cookhouse for dinner, a handful of new Benzini Brothers employees join the lineup, identifiable by the red dinner tickets they clutch in their hands.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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