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Recent Examples of teachable
Marble runs are always a great teachable tool for engineering and physics like the ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run, which is now only $25.
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Humble, teachable, likeable, connected with Riley and, of course, as daringly bonkers as his seven-yard touchdown run on fourth and one that clinched the win with 8:22 remaining.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
According to the league's website, an exemplary Indy City Futbol player is one who is enthusiastic; has a positive and welcoming attitude to people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations and experiences; is teachable; and is willing to stand up to or alert the league to bullies and jerks.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Talking about this openly with your children ties these money decisions to teachable values.
—Emily Edlynn, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Humble, teachable, likeable, connected with Riley and, of course, as daringly bonkers as his seven-yard touchdown run on fourth and one that clinched the win with 8:22 remaining.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
According to the league's website, an exemplary Indy City Futbol player is one who is enthusiastic; has a positive and welcoming attitude to people from all backgrounds, religions, orientations and experiences; is teachable; and is willing to stand up to or alert the league to bullies and jerks.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Talking about this openly with your children ties these money decisions to teachable values.
—Emily Edlynn, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teachable
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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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
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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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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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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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Trump was demanding deference from Zelenskyy to show his inferior and submissive position as a recipient of U.S. aid and military support.—
Shannon Bow O'Brien,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.—
Claude Malhuret,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 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
Adjective
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That’s because police have used the state of exception to sweep up street vendors, who’ve been much more compliant with eviction notices ever since.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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In this case two individuals were within a few feet of an armed, non compliant individual.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 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
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“Teachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teachable. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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