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Recent Examples of Synonyms for controllable
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In most cases, an incremental, scalable approach to implementing blockchain and AI will be more manageable.—
Daniel Keller,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025 -
One of Osborne’s keys to happy touring is mapping out manageable drives.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
24 June 2025
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These prove out Fielder’s intuition that aviation safety depends on candid cockpit conversation, a particularly high-stakes—and, crucially, perhaps tractable—example of Fielder’s over-all preoccupation with the fear and anxiety that inhibits genuine communication.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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But tractable torque delivery of 324 lb-ft, which hits at 5,800 rpm, makes the process of revving and gearshifting an absolute pleasure.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Training someone to take over a repeatable task: This proves the business is teachable, and that’s what buyers look for.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Is a love of art and a willingness to give your life over to art teachable?—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Both categories in May, however, were tame, as foods rose by 0.1% and energy prices were unchanged.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
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Explore an open-world Hogwarts, master spells, tame magical beasts and shape your legacy in this immersive action RPG.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Moreover, the website adds that these animals are usually quite docile in nature and are generally not known to attack humans.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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The first is that for banks like State Street, which operate under a lot of regulations, costs could add up to make sure that third-party vendors are also compliant.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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There is no magical third way where immigration enforcement agents can arrest thousands of people per day in ways that are fully compliant with our standards of due process and also only target the kinds of criminals that the public generally supports removing.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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Those who tend to favor obedient children are scored as having more authoritarian views.—
Adam Eichen,
The Conversation,
11 June 2025
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For such a waive-and-conversion move to work, Johnson would have to clear waivers and then be amenable to a two-way deal that would halve his salary.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2025
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This is an apparent reference to the possibility that the White House may be amenable to providing military technology that would allow the Israelis to do damage at Fordow, a key nuclear enrichment site for Iran buried deep within a group of mountains.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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“Controllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controllable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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