placable

Definition of placablenext

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Adjective
  • Mira was an amiable baby, a daredevil toddler, and, once Dylan arrived, a menace.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Far from pastiche, the result balances modern sounds with old-fashioned lyrical storytelling, creating the perfect vehicle for Starr's amiable persona.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • OpenAI tunes ChatGPT to be broadly helpful and agreeable.
    Tamilla Triantoro, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Large language models are trained, in part, on human feedback, and humans tend to prefer agreeable responses.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But overall, the dutiful Queen seemed to loosen up in the more casual America.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Ever the dutiful Pearl Girl, Daisy takes Agnes to the dentist to have her tooth fixed.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The service Service is warm and obliging.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Only West Ham United (8.5), Wolves (7.8), Newcastle United (7.6) and Manchester United (4.6) have been more obliging to their opponents than Leeds.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
    Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • If not, the government is spending millions keeping people addicted, making a quarter of the prison population docile and high.
    Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Westinghouse’s creations, named Herbert Televox, Karina Van Televox, Telelux, Rastus, Willie Vocalite, and Elektro, were promoted as docile domestic workers.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.
    John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Adjective
  • Just think of all those vacant Madonnas, structurally perfect compositions, and obedient daydreams of antiquity.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Always obedient, Agnes happily welcomes Daisy despite Shu’s warnings.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Placable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placable. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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