governable

adjective

Definition of governablenext
as in manageable

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Recent Examples of governable The organizations that treat these tools as durable, governable infrastructure, rather than novelties, will be the ones that turn AI potential into measurable progress. — Ricardo Tavares, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 The idea, as the filing shows, is that the new company can use Starlink’s revenue plus SpaceX’s launch business to subsidize the AI buildout, and use xAI’s technology to make Mars actually governable at scale. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 May 2026 The goal isn’t decentralization as an aesthetic, but decentralization that stays governable. — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 Another, governable president would be looking to move that range down for his party by either changing the circumstances or the perception of them to the electorate. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governable
  1. manageable
  2. tractable
  3. controllable
  4. tame
  5. teachable
  6. compliant
  7. docile
  8. trainable
Adjective
  • This works well as long as your video can reach them (and is allowed to reach them) and the bill stays manageable.
    — Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fans cited experienced lines, productive portal work, a manageable schedule and growing belief in Tony Elliott’s program.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of manageable
Adjective
  • External control arms, comparative effectiveness studies against real-world standard of care, post-market expansions of indication and broader safety analyses all become more tractable.
    — David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Definition of tractable
Adjective
  • So do the conditions, biorhythms and a whole variety of factors both controllable and not.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • For an experienced rider, that could mean a remarkably controllable motorcycle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of controllable
Adjective
  • This was the tame version, too, after a friend read the first draft and told him to rein it in a bit.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • All of this stems from a case that is relatively tame, by on-field standards.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of tame
Adjective
  • While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This practical training is vital for the profession's future, improving retention and new graduate confidence by treating difficult conversations as a teachable skill.
    — Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of teachable
Adjective
  • Oeko-Tex Made in Green and the organization’s other certificates and product labels will be legally compliant with that regulation.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Muscles are particularly suited for biosyncretic robots, as nature has already spent hundreds of millions of years developing a compact, compliant, and highly efficient actuator.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of compliant
Adjective
  • Even smaller and more docile animals such as deer and squirrels should not be fed.
    — Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
  • As with any popular interior design style from this time, some people took the look a bit too far, and spaces started to look a little too docile and frilly.
    — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of docile
Adjective
  • Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of trainable

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