tractability

Definition of tractabilitynext

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Noun
  • Animal behavioralists from the Royal Veterinary College used an industry standard review called the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), to collect data on behavioral traits such as aggression, excitability, and trainability.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Finally, the golden retriever earns its place thanks to its friendly, affectionate personality, strong trainability and suitability as a loyal family pet.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Lake County Sheriff’s Office recently completed its second round of compliance checks at establishments that sell tobacco products.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Advertisers used coordinated pressure to demand compliance with brand safety norms.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Middle Ages really were an era when kings ruled in Christ’s name, when the popes of Rome commanded obedience from believers around Europe, and when monasteries played a crucial role in the shaping of values and education.
    Brett Whalen, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The group pledged full obedience to the new leader.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Not infrequently, the questions of the past that is never lost and is irreplaceable in western art arise like a fascism, or a subordination to what remains of its dialectic nature, that relies on myth to legitimate fascism’s inseparable relation to beauty.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This back-and-forth struggle to dominate American institutions testifies to their surpassing value and to their insusceptibility to permanent subordination.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Republicans insist there is ample time to educate the public on timely submission of mail-in ballots ahead of the November vote and that limiting late-arriving ballots could bolster election integrity.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Screeners are the prerelease copies of film and TV shows meant for promotional use, festival submission, sales or other business reasons.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Our future goal is to further test how gender conformity develops in more diverse geographic and cultural contexts, as well as among more gender-diverse children.
    Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The top Democrat in the House said his caucus is open to discussions about federal tax conformity, which Republicans say is a top priority to lower taxes.
    Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This is a story that traces the path to justice for mass atrocity in the face of public acquiescence.
    Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Kelley, Offerman, Fanning, and especially Pfeiffer do enough of the hard work to make acquiescence rather easy — and the ensuing journey a worthy reward.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Tractability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractability. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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