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Recent Examples of trainability
Herding and retriever breeds tend to score higher on trainability due to their history of working closely with humans, while scent hounds are often more independent and scent-driven.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Animal behavioralists from the Royal Veterinary College used an industry standard review called the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), to collect data on behavioral traits such as aggression, excitability, and trainability.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Mixed-breed dogs scored higher on fear, attention and aggression than purebreds, though not on trainability.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Animal behavioralists from the Royal Veterinary College used an industry standard review called the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), to collect data on behavioral traits such as aggression, excitability, and trainability.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Mixed-breed dogs scored higher on fear, attention and aggression than purebreds, though not on trainability.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainability
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The Middle Ages really were an era when kings ruled in Christ’s name, when the popes of Rome commanded obedience from believers around Europe, and when monasteries played a crucial role in the shaping of values and education.—
Brett Whalen,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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The group pledged full obedience to the new leader.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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More subtly, the subordination of property rights reflected in the empty homes tax measure could spread.—
Kevin Cole,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Not infrequently, the questions of the past that is never lost and is irreplaceable in western art arise like a fascism, or a subordination to what remains of its dialectic nature, that relies on myth to legitimate fascism’s inseparable relation to beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Trainability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainability. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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