: a time that is favorable for teaching something, such as proper behavior
Examples of teachable moment in a Sentence
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For babies, everything is a teachable moment.—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 9 Oct. 2023 The most important thing parents can do in a situation where a social media trend is threatening a teen’s well-being is to make it into a teachable moment.—Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023 This is an opportunity for a teachable moment in academia.—Curbed, 6 Feb. 2023 After a passenger was spotted projecting a movie onto the overhead bins, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) decided to make the travel faux pas a teachable moment.—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023 But seeing my sister-in-law cry on a roof deck made any teachable moment seem cruel.—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023 In theory, the national debate about remote or hybrid work is one great big teachable moment about the demands on the 53 million Americans taking care of an elderly or disabled relative.—Joanne Kenen, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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