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- adjective That can be
asked ;usable in order to find theanswer to aquestion .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"askable," active and approachable participants in their child's sexuality education.
unknown title 2009
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Equally irrelevant questions might have been devised for male candidates, but since the male officeholder was "normal," such questions were not only un-askable, but unthinkable.
Robin Lakoff: Election 2010: Man Pants and the Girlie-Man Robin Lakoff 2010
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KURIANSKY: That's the phrase we use, yes, being an askable parent.
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That's what being an askable parent means and that's the phrase --
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He originated the phrase "askable parent" and he initiated the work that group into Family Sexuality Education Week.
Archive 2008-12-01 Debra W. Haffner 2008
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He originated the phrase "askable parent" and he initiated the work that group into Family Sexuality Education Week.
What's the Connection?: Sol Gordon, Rest in Peace Debra W. Haffner 2008
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KING: Ambassador Albright, let's ask the un-askable (ph) in a sense.
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And to ask that question -- happy is not a word I use very much -- we've had to break it down into what I think is askable about happy.
Martin Seligman on positive psychology Martin Seligman 2004
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And to ask that question -- happy is not a word I use very much -- we've had to break it down into what I think is askable about happy.
Martin Seligman on positive psychology Martin Seligman 2004
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And to ask that question -- happy is not a word I use very much -- we've had to break it down into what I think is askable about happy.
Martin Seligman on positive psychology Martin Seligman 2004
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