Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Susceptible of being moved or persuaded by entreaty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being moved or persuaded.
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Examples
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Steve: Setting aside the debatable question of whether the Black Law Students Association is really the same thing as the hypothetical White Law Students Association, one way in which the parade of horribles becomes more exorable is that typically, organizations like the BLSA are nominally open to everyone, if for some reason a non-black student wishes to join.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Setting aside the debatable question of whether the Black Law Students Association is really the same thing as the hypothetical White Law Students Association, one way in which the parade of horribles becomes more exorable is that typically, organizations like the BLSA are nominally open to everyone, if for some reason a non-black student wishes to join.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Setting aside the debatable question of whether the Black Law Students Association is really the same thing as the hypothetical White Law Students Association, one way in which the parade of horribles becomes more exorable is that typically, organizations like the BLSA are nominally open to everyone, if for some reason a non-black student wishes to join.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Steve: Setting aside the debatable question of whether the Black Law Students Association is really the same thing as the hypothetical White Law Students Association, one way in which the parade of horribles becomes more exorable is that typically, organizations like the BLSA are nominally open to everyone, if for some reason a non-black student wishes to join.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole! 2010
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Scholars have documented the inexorable effect...... the vexingly exorable effect...
Obama's insipid emails are annoying Leon Wieseltier. Ann Althouse 2009
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While the US has been a stellar importer of consumer goods, China has had an exorable appetite for capital and intermediate goods and raw material, including oil and metals.
Nancy C. Langwiser: Foreign Investors Evaluate The Candidates; Find No Good Answers 2008
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But by 1995, its ratings -- always low during quiet news periods -- began an in-exorable slide.
CNN'S TALK THERAPY 2008
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What concerns me -- and obviously this is on Roe -- is that despite 38 tests, despite 33 years, despite the support of a majority of America, you also said yesterday that precedent is not "an exorable command."
Archive 2006-01-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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We also laughed at Diane Feinstein saying: "You also said that precedent is not an exorable command..."
Archive 2006-01-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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It's not an exorable command, but it is a general presumption that courts are going to follow prior precedents.
mollusque commented on the word exorable
Capable of being moved by entreaty.
March 6, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word exorable
JM is an expert at exorable matters.
May 9, 2011