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Recent Examples of controllable
Coaching’s not always as controllable, but the same principle applies.
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Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
When guys are not showing up on time, or the lack of effort, a lot of those things are controllable.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The purpose of Bains’s lesson is to provide ways to focus on controllable things, to be positive, because en route to a scholarship, there are likely to be many setbacks.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Patients placed their heads in a box illuminated by LED lights, which emitted a stable and controllable wavelength of light, and exposed their tongues.
—Eve Lu, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Qubits need to be controllable.
—Eli Levenson-Falk, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
For one, the Cubs gave up several controllable players to the Houston Astros in order to land him.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
But the laurels earned are not entirely controllable nor easy to replicate without a portion of their starting unit.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
At the time, the Royals were excited to get a young, controllable arm for the future.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
When guys are not showing up on time, or the lack of effort, a lot of those things are controllable.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The purpose of Bains’s lesson is to provide ways to focus on controllable things, to be positive, because en route to a scholarship, there are likely to be many setbacks.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Patients placed their heads in a box illuminated by LED lights, which emitted a stable and controllable wavelength of light, and exposed their tongues.
—Eve Lu, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Qubits need to be controllable.
—Eli Levenson-Falk, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
For one, the Cubs gave up several controllable players to the Houston Astros in order to land him.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
But the laurels earned are not entirely controllable nor easy to replicate without a portion of their starting unit.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
At the time, the Royals were excited to get a young, controllable arm for the future.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for controllable
Adjective
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Judkins’ success made the game manageable for Dillon Gabriel and allowed Cleveland to be in the bout to the end.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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However, as investors digested the news, opinion appeared to be shifting to see the loan losses as a manageable situation and not the start of a broader crisis.—
Liz Napolitano,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Until recently, their goal has been to attack the more tractable pure delivery market with a custom delivery robot about half the size of traditional cars.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
24 July 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
Adjective
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These measurable, teachable competencies are often discipline-specific but share common elements across all engineering fields.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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That makes performance testable and the discipline teachable, both of which are the hallmarks of genuine management science.—
Pawan Anand,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Smaller dogs – those under 20 lb (9 kg) – were reported as more fearful, more aggressive, and more attention-seeking, but less trainable than larger dogs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
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Someone who is coachable and trainable.—
Rob Lancit,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the colorway itself is relatively tame, the hundreds of rhinestone crystals that cover the traditionally leather upper are anything but.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Ducks split their season-igniting road trip with a tame effort in Seattle that came closer to spanning 20 minutes than 60 against the Kraken and then a robust exchange of blows with the Sharks in a 7-6 victory.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Doctors sent Jake Latimer home after he was bitten by a banded sea krait, a docile but highly venomous snake.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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However, because the animals' natural habitats share some overlap and both have similarly docile dispositions, zoos often group howlers and capybaras together.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The luxury ship has nine types of guest accommodations, including those compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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That increase in non-compliance likely reflects more providers getting real about their actual progress, as well as non-compliant firms acquiring smaller firms that had been complying.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.—
Claire A. Simmers,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Controllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controllable. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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