identifiable
Americanadjective
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Explanation
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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As of June 30, Boeing said the identifiable assets’ fair value was $1.9 billion less than the combined liabilities; it lifted the goodwill to $10.3 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Ali, of course, was more than a boxer, he was a phenomenon, globally identifiable like Charlie Chaplin or Mickey Mouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The researchers also used an increasingly valuable technique that allows scientists to recover human DNA directly from cave sediments, even when no identifiable human remains are present.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
He’s none of the easily identifiable tropes placed upon Black people.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Each note had its own identifiable blob, a mark on the page, and they were placed in the order, from left to right, in which they were meant to be sung.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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