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
Recent reports about his illness had suggested the cancer was incurable, but manageable.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Anticipating this risk and planning ahead can spell the difference between a manageable expense and an unexpected hit to the bottom line.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As Jimmy’s mother, Freud tried to avoid the chaos of her own childhood by keeping her business a manageable size.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Rather than preparing markets for a manageable transition, the president has chosen to use apocalyptic warnings as a judicial pressure campaign—ensuring that when the bill comes due, the economic shock will be amplified by his own dire predictions.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Anticipating this risk and planning ahead can spell the difference between a manageable expense and an unexpected hit to the bottom line.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As Jimmy’s mother, Freud tried to avoid the chaos of her own childhood by keeping her business a manageable size.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Rather than preparing markets for a manageable transition, the president has chosen to use apocalyptic warnings as a judicial pressure campaign—ensuring that when the bill comes due, the economic shock will be amplified by his own dire predictions.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manageable
controllable
Adjective
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By applying Stoic principles, individuals can filter out the noise, focus on the controllable, and approach financial decisions with clarity rather than fear.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Virtually the entire bullpen will need to be rebuilt in the wake of general manager Mike Elias trading two controllable relievers, Andrew Kittredge and Bryan Baker, and losing closer Félix Bautista to rotator cuff surgery.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Manageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manageable. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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