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trainable

adjective

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Recent Examples of trainable Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 This process, as intended, engages adaptive immune responses, the part of the immune system known to be trainable. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 But with consistent training, that decline is far less pronounced, and in your 40s, aerobic capacity is still highly trainable. — Jim Diehl Cscs, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026 The brain and the mind are trainable. — Amanda Schupak, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026 Encourage teams to treat the AI as a trainable colleague who doesn’t complain doing dull and repetitive work, rather than a replacement. — Paul Eremenko, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026 Their top picks include German shepherds, known for their bravery, obedience, and gentle nature; Rottweilers, intelligent and loyal when well-trained and socialized; and Doberman Pinschers, athletic and energetic but very trainable. — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 Smaller dogs – those under 20 lb (9 kg) – were reported as more fearful, more aggressive, and more attention-seeking, but less trainable than larger dogs. — New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025

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This practical training is vital for the profession's future, improving retention and new graduate confidence by treating difficult conversations as a teachable skill.

— Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Colleagues have praised not only his command of physiology but also his ability to make his reasoning legible—to turn clinical uncertainty into something teachable.

— Alexandra Sifferlin, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of teachable

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External control arms, comparative effectiveness studies against real-world standard of care, post-market expansions of indication and broader safety analyses all become more tractable.

— David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

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The Seoul design treats the bright and dark modes as part of a unified controllable system, and introduces two tunable loop couplers into the resonator architecture.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Customer service commitments for controllable delays and cancellations vary by airline and can be found on their websites and the DOT’s consumer dashboard.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of controllable

Adjective

Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Even with docile scoring conditions that Saturday, Royal Birkdale yielded plenty of statistical superlatives for the championship.

— Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of docile

Adjective

Thursday's print follows a tame reading on consumer inflation, with the consumer price index coming in line with economist expectations.

— Sean Conlon,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Here are 10 great, comparatively tame stunts to introduce your kids to the cringe-inducing fun of Jackass… but make sure there’s a spot behind the couch handy with which to hide, just in case.

— Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of tame

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In return, governments would honor agreed tax and permitting terms and move compliant projects through a clear process and timetable.

— Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Villa have carried their own high wage bill in recent seasons, dislodging Tottenham from the top six, but that has required them to sell to balance the books and remain compliant with financial rules.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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