governable

Definition of governablenext

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Recent Examples of governable 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 In the next phase of AI adoption, the competitive advantage won't belong to the organization with the most impressive model demo but to the one that can show, in real time, that its AI remains observable, governable and enforceable under pressure. Sandeep Shilawat, Forbes.com, 15 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
Adjective
  • Combined, those supply boosts made the shock considerably more manageable for the market to absorb.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • The temperature at Wimbledon on Monday is expected to be a much more manageable 24 C (75 F).
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
  • And, at high volume, latency improves, data residency requirements become tractable and vendor concentration risk is eliminated from the critical path.
    Smriti Kirubanandan, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • Even factors that are more controllable include an element of guesswork, notably whether a player thriving at an inferior level can make the step up to the Premier League.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Still, some factors linked to menopause timing are controllable, including healthy lifestyle habits like following the Mediterranean diet or exercising frequently.
    Zoe Cunniffe, Health, 3 June 2026
Adjective
  • Champions League games were chaotic, with tame losses to Liverpool and Manchester City in the league phase an indicator of how far this side were from Europe’s elite.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Rahm is a more tame thrill ride who should be licking his chops at a venue like this, but could succumb to the conditions and never recover.
    Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Bayern gets the best of Manchester United A goal in either half from Bayern Munich’s Pernille Harder threatened to turn Manchester United’s first Champions League quarter-final into a teachable lesson.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Between organization-hero packing cubes, anti-theft wallets, and TSA-compliant travel bottles, any of the below products will keep your belongings neatly stored and safe from takeoff to touchdown.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
  • Changing tables and sinks will be in the ADA-compliant units, alongside menstrual products.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • In April, Hulu began airing the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale that depicts teen girls trained to be docile homemakers.
    Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
  • His humble and docile disposition resembles that of the air sign Libra, which holds moral righteousness and fair-mindedness.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • Many organizations struggle by waiting for creative inspiration, viewing it as a character trait rather than a trainable muscle.
    Nir Bashan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This process, as intended, engages adaptive immune responses, the part of the immune system known to be trainable.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026

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“Governable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governable. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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