recognize
verb (used with object)
to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc..
recognizably
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a word derived from
recognize.
Example Sentences
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Some of his performance is recognizably Hansen: the stern mouth, the snarky catchphrases, the swoop of blond bangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
And yet, this villain’s fiery domain, where imps torture souls nearby, is also recognizably Dionysian.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mine wasn’t quite that, but it was recognizably a real pizza that I had no problem devouring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Gilgamesh’s lament is not the stylized keening of epic tradition—not Achilles’ highfalutin howls after Hector strikes down Patroclus—but something rawer, humbler, more recognizably human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
I was still recognizably kin to the boy I had been.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
