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Recent Examples of governable
The goal isn’t decentralization as an aesthetic, but decentralization that stays governable.
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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
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
Adjective
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Rideshare services and some walkable neighborhoods make getting around manageable.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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If the truce holds and the strait reopens, the global economic damage should prove manageable, Langham added.—
Anniek Bao,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At the top will be the most computationally intensive methods—prohibitively expensive on classical computers but tractable on quantum computers.—
Chi Chen,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to housing crises in big cities, many aspiring writers can’t afford rooms of their own, and contractions in the media industry have made writing as a profession less tractable.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Digital ethics expert Davi Ottenheimer argued that the presentation evoked both blackface and the fantasy of a controllable Black servant.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2026
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The agency blames its controllable losses in part to the six-day-per-week universal service obligation.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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By comparison to some of the other crazy requests in pro sports history, Jordan’s was tame.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Think compression packing cubes that help tame chaos, comfy sneakers for full days of walking, a polished matching set that multitasks, and genius travel accessories that keep everything organized.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Colleagues have praised not only his command of physiology but also his ability to make his reasoning legible—to turn clinical uncertainty into something teachable.—
Alexandra Sifferlin,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
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If, instead, rationality is viewed as adaptive and teachable, policy should focus on strengthening people’s capacity to learn, adapt and decide for themselves.—
Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Accessibility The large-scale layout includes elevators, ramps, and accessible pathways throughout most areas of the property, and the hotel also offers ADA-compliant rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Phase one of improvements includes sidewalk widening and ramps compliant with the American Disabilities Act, as well as the resurfacing of the soundwall located along the road.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Leave some patches of empty ground for docile, ground-dwelling bees that are important pollinators.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Cellphone footage shows Zack holding the leash of an exceptionally docile German shepherd while ordering his uninvited guests to leave.—
Rich Schapiro,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But with consistent training, that decline is far less pronounced, and in your 40s, aerobic capacity is still highly trainable.—
Jim Diehl CSCS,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
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The brain and the mind are trainable.—
Amanda Schupak,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Governable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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