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handleable

adjective

Definition of handleablenext
as in manageable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handleable
  1. manageable
  2. controllable
  3. tractable
  4. docile
  5. tame
  6. teachable
  7. trainable
  8. compliant
Adjective
  • Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Leach visited several branches Friday before finding a manageable line in Marina del Rey.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of manageable
Adjective
  • The goal was to generate multi-angle images with controllable 3D camera parameters.
    — Taras Tymoshchuk, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers are pursuing safer and more controllable methods, including small molecules that might produce reprogramming without the introduction of new genes.
    — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of controllable
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
  • Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The attorney for HeeHaw's owner says the donkey was raised as a pet and known to be docile.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of docile
Adjective
  • Rabid wild animals may seem unusually tame or unafraid of people.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to increase its key interest rate for the first time in three years in a bid to tame surging inflation also could put upward pressure on mortgage rates.
    — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 17 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • That year, Epstein also pitched the idea of a Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency to the Saudis and sought to discuss it with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, popularly known as MBS.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Is education a conservative force that makes minorities compliant?
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of compliant
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“Handleable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handleable. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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