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Recent Examples of trainability
Finally, the golden retriever earns its place thanks to its friendly, affectionate personality, strong trainability and suitability as a loyal family pet.
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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, 21 Sep. 2025
The dogs enrolled in the study after 2020 had lower average trainability scores.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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, 21 Sep. 2025
The dogs enrolled in the study after 2020 had lower average trainability scores.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainability
Noun
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Selective adherence to international law invites selective obedience by others.—
Richard Kiy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The 57-page superseding indictment read like a television drama, weaving a tale of influence, obedience, intimidation, an internal power struggle, drugs, guns and murder spanning multiple states and including local, regional and national chapters of the Sin City Deciples.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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Lai rejects that position entirely, calling it a path toward subordination to China.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Trainability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainability. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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