as in docile
readily giving in to the command or authority of another
that boy is so obedient that he does everything the first time he is asked
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Recent Examples of obedient
The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In this framing, children are not autonomous individuals worthy of respect, but future standard-bearers of their parents’ values—which means that the greatest sign of a mother’s success is producing obedient children.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Always angling to be the good daughter, the obedient one, the ladylike one, the prettier one.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In this framing, children are not autonomous individuals worthy of respect, but future standard-bearers of their parents’ values—which means that the greatest sign of a mother’s success is producing obedient children.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Always angling to be the good daughter, the obedient one, the ladylike one, the prettier one.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obedient
Adjective
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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
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This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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By contrast, a beta is supposedly weak and submissive—a follower.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This helps teams stay compliant without slowing down innovation.—
Navdeep Malik,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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There is no magical third way where immigration enforcement agents can arrest thousands of people per day in ways that are fully compliant with our standards of due process and also only target the kinds of criminals that the public generally supports removing.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Advertisers can use biddable automation to buy ads in real-time against live programming, which is especially critical for live sports.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Advertisers can use biddable automation to buy ads in real-time against live programming, which is especially critical for live sports.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lemon The little black dress of garnishes, at once flirty and restrained.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 June 2025
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With two monochrome takes on intricate guilloché work the new dial designs come across as more restrained, even with baguette-cut indices.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Is this suit more conformable than the costume from Revenge of the Sith?—
Ryan Parker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 June 2022
Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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This is an apparent reference to the possibility that the White House may be amenable to providing military technology that would allow the Israelis to do damage at Fordow, a key nuclear enrichment site for Iran buried deep within a group of mountains.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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“Obedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obedient. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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