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Recent Examples of trainable
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.
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New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Someone who is coachable and trainable.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Certain feline breeds, including Siamese, Burmese, Bengal, and Devon Rex cats like Leo, are particularly known for their playful, intelligent, and highly trainable personalities.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Someone who is coachable and trainable.
—Rob Lancit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Certain feline breeds, including Siamese, Burmese, Bengal, and Devon Rex cats like Leo, are particularly known for their playful, intelligent, and highly trainable personalities.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainable
Adjective
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Be teachable and engage in open-minded conversations.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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You are invited to stay teachable, lead with intellect and discernment, and use your innate spiritual technology that lives within you to reinvent ways of living that are efficient and needed.—
Tatianna Tarot,
Refinery29,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Carruthers was by far the more amiable of the two, striving to seem tractable and reasonable while nevertheless lying flamboyantly.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The research team developed a route-planning system for Astrobee, the ISS’s robotic assistant, that leverages sequential convex programming—a method that decomposes complex trajectory planning into smaller, tractable steps while guaranteeing safety and feasibility.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Built for demanding factory environments Atlas is a fully electric humanoid robot with 56 degrees of freedom, meaning 56 independently controllable joints that allow fluid, human-like motion.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Only one team will win the Bellinger sweepstakes, but in theory, both the Yankees and Mets could benefit from the Marlins’ stable of controllable arms.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The generals reduced even their limited need for an obedient prime minister.—
Mohammed Hanif,
Time,
1 Dec. 2025
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Since Francoism promoted an image of women as obedient wives and self-sacrificing mothers devoted to the Catholic family model, Republican women were demonized as immoral, dangerous and unworthy of motherhood.—
Zaya Rustamova,
The Conversation,
19 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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To be clear, there is no sense that Rondón and Ugás are defending the old guard or suggesting that a docile, starving population pinioned under the grip of a dictatorship is big-picture preferable to a rebellious insurgency.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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At this point of the pregnancy, cat moms are also very friendly and often more docile than usual.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This redundancy ensures that the aircraft remains manageable even during a partial system failure.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Chargers need to be effective on third down — need to stay in third-and-manageable — to keep drives alive and keep that Patriots defense on the field.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Odessa A’zion joined a litany of A-listers for Nominees Night, hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Spotify as part of Golden Week, on Thursday in Los Angeles, donning a hairdo much tamer than her typical style.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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This has allowed many firms to avoid passing on the full cost of tariffs to consumers, keeping price hikes on goods relatively tame.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Maintaining opportunities, programs and the educational experience is the district’s top priority when evaluating these cuts, Marking said, in addition to staying compliant with the law and contracts with labor partners.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle is fully compliant with National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) Standards.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Trainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainable. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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