tractability

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Noun
  • 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
  • Mixed-breed dogs scored higher on fear, attention and aggression than purebreds, though not on trainability.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And at the federal level, Congress is pressing pause on a new hemp definition that would have reshaped THC compliance nationwide.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Deutsche Bank has been trying to overcome a long history of compliance failures and regulatory scandals.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power.
    Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • One where belonging doesn't depend on performance, obedience, or getting it right the first time.
    Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 27 Jan. 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
  • The submissions were also sent to prosecutor Daniel Porceddu, who didn't check their accuracy.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In a new conformity bill introduced Thursday, Ehlers proposed spreading out the impacts of a change to a corporate tax break over multiple years so that the state budget isn’t hit hard all at once.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This wicker man becomes a devoted partner, sparking jealousy and malice in her narrow-minded neighbors, exploring themes of love, cruelty, and societal conformity.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And acquiescence can be contagious.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Even if clemency led the White House to dial back the ongoing efforts to punish Colorado, acquiescence today only invites future harassment.
    Max Potter, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Tractability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractability. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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