as in manageable
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for controllable
Adjective
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Keep in mind, trading Tagovailoa after the 2025 season would create a $31 million cap savings, which is manageable if the contract stays as is.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025 -
The first six months were rough, but now, with a good diet, exercise and my medication, it’s been manageable.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Gabriel Navarro and two colleagues turned one of group theory’s biggest open conjectures into a tractable problem.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
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Medical researchers have made these images tractable for CNNs by breaking them up into much smaller fragments—square tiles, for example.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Aug. 2021
Adjective
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But this robot is powered by a teachable AI neural network.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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The idea that leadership can be taught lies in the understanding that leadership style components can be broken down into teachable parts and refined through practice.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On the flip side, would a tame number persuade the Fed to resume cutting rates more quickly?—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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It can also be used on the strands to add shine, tame frizz, and combat breakage and split ends.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The once docile Jamie, convinced he’s being manipulated, becomes testy and volatile.—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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Instead, inflation expectations remained relatively docile — rising only modestly, and falling quickly once inflation began to ease — and the Fed was able to bring down inflation without causing a big increase in unemployment.—
Colby Smith,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Brasfield said his shelters are compliant with the standards set in place by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The vendor has assured that the replacement equipment will be fully compliant with any mandates in accordance with Trump’s executive order, and the existing equipment’s software can be updated easily, Bailey said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In this framing, children are not autonomous individuals worthy of respect, but future standard-bearers of their parents’ values—which means that the greatest sign of a mother’s success is producing obedient children.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2025
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As such, the NFL seems to be amenable to taking a long look at shifting more games—and, perhaps, complete TV packages—to the streaming arrivistes.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Yet that rhetoric is something that Americans may be amenable to.—
Henry Gass,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Controllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controllable. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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