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Recent Examples of teachable
The processes in your business need to be repeatable (and teachable), advises John Warrilow in his book Built to Sell.
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Lien De Pau, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Marble runs are always a great teachable tool for engineering and physics like the ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run, which is now only $25.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Humble, teachable, likeable, connected with Riley and, of course, as daringly bonkers as his seven-yard touchdown run on fourth and one that clinched the win with 8:22 remaining.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
According to the league's website, an exemplary Indy City Futbol player is one who is enthusiastic; has a positive and welcoming attitude to people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations and experiences; is teachable; and is willing to stand up to or alert the league to bullies and jerks.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
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Lien De Pau, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Marble runs are always a great teachable tool for engineering and physics like the ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run, which is now only $25.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Humble, teachable, likeable, connected with Riley and, of course, as daringly bonkers as his seven-yard touchdown run on fourth and one that clinched the win with 8:22 remaining.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
According to the league's website, an exemplary Indy City Futbol player is one who is enthusiastic; has a positive and welcoming attitude to people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations and experiences; is teachable; and is willing to stand up to or alert the league to bullies and jerks.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teachable
Adjective
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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
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Gabriel Navarro and two colleagues turned one of group theory’s biggest open conjectures into a tractable problem.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The retail price for an unlocked model is steep, but a $300 discount makes that much more manageable.—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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Normally maybe that would be a manageable level of discrepancy, but the high tariffs raising the stakes to such a great extent, this long-standing, but usually tolerable, friction between customs valuation and transfer pricing might become a lot more significant.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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According to the new framing, Russia’s real fight is against the mighty United States, which wants to destroy it, while Ukraine—just like the European Union and NATO—is merely an obedient U.S. satellite.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
25 May 2023
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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
Adjective
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Women provided cheap, docile, and uncomplaining behind-the-scenes labor in an expensive industry whose glamour was all in the hardware.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
14 Apr. 2025
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Smith derailed Vitor Petrino in May 2024 when the veteran made the Brazilian KO artist look docile, defeating him easily in the first round via submission.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Your value lies in being pretty, silent, submissive and unfailingly supportive of men.—
Marie Bostwick,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump was demanding deference from Zelenskyy to show his inferior and submissive position as a recipient of U.S. aid and military support.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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According to team sources, the Lakers will be amenable to whatever contract structure Dončić desires.—
Jovan Buha,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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California, the rare state with conditions amenable to olive-growing, produces less than 2 percent of the olive oil that Americans consume.—
Rachel Sugar,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the Administration’s view, the only good court is a compliant court.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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Now that enforcement is soon to begin, however, those who do not secure a compliant ID in time will soon be unable to enter federal facilities or board domestic flights.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Inflation was also fairly tame in the month leading up to the new tariffs.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
7 May 2025
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While the concept of a unisex scent is relatively tame in 2025, the fragrance still holds up.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
Glamour,
2 May 2025
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“Teachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teachable. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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