governable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for governable
Adjective
  • This provides a broad yet manageable menu with options for everyone to try without feeling overwhelmed by choices.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025
  • It’s filtered, watered down to a manageable proof (usually around 40% ABV), and sent out into the world ready to star in everything from a Bloody Mary to a Moscow Mule.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • On a monthly basis, in fact, inflation was mostly tame.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Assuming June delivers another tame inflation reading, then the attention of policymakers may be more focused on labor market risks.
    Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Is a love of art and a willingness to give your life over to art teachable?
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Senate Parliamentarian upheld a provision in the bill prohibiting Medicaid funds from being used to reimburse health clinics that also provide elective abortions, saying that the measure was compliant with the Byrd Rule, which restricts what can be included in a budget reconciliation bill.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • Today’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has proven to be far less compliant.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Large but docile eastern indigo snakes rule the forest floor, though their rosy cheeks and lustrous bodies are rarely seen.
    Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • From the sounds of it, the scenarios to watch are either a needle-moving free agent or a trade with a team that is successful in free agency and needs to move a player off the roster for cap reasons, becoming more amenable to taking back futures.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 29 June 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Last year saw the first curved OLED televisions—progress in such conformable screens could lead to the days when virtually any surface could be host to a display.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2015
  • In particular, embodiments describe protective cover layer structures that may be implemented in curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display modules, and in particular with curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display panels.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Apr. 2021
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“Governable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governable. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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