as in controllable
easy to control or deal with
We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases. They divided the students into three manageable groups.
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Recent Examples of manageable
In LeoLabs’ observations and models, satellites and operational spacecraft including the International Space Station, and China’s Tiangong space station continue to face manageable levels of collision avoidance maneuvers—for now.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
To keep home organization manageable, purge regularly and only showcase what has meaning.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Death is not manageable, and the answer to the question of when is never going to be anything more than a good guess.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Many oncologists now describe metastatic breast cancer as a manageable chronic disease, closer in spirit to conditions like diabetes or heart disease than the uniformly terminal illness it was once considered.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
To keep home organization manageable, purge regularly and only showcase what has meaning.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Death is not manageable, and the answer to the question of when is never going to be anything more than a good guess.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Many oncologists now describe metastatic breast cancer as a manageable chronic disease, closer in spirit to conditions like diabetes or heart disease than the uniformly terminal illness it was once considered.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manageable
controllable
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But the laurels earned are not entirely controllable nor easy to replicate without a portion of their starting unit.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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At the time, the Royals were excited to get a young, controllable arm for the future.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Manageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manageable. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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