controllable

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Adjective
  • The Evolution Of Document Ingestion The foundation of modern retrieval systems starts with document chunking: breaking down large documents into manageable pieces.
    Meghana Puvvadi, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • As a result, buyers in these high-cost areas are often forced into much smaller properties or to look to surrounding suburbs where prices might be more manageable.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • When the pandemic blew everything up, situations that seemed intractable (the need to go to the office every day, for example) suddenly proved surprisingly tractable.
    Ada Calhoun, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In the 12th century, for instance, the Dutch began to drain swamps to create tractable land for agriculture.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The lesson was clear: Technical skills are teachable; cultural fit isn’t.
    Sergii Malomuzh, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Subsequent ceremonies have been much tamer, although plenty of contenders will figuratively duke it out at this year's awards, which features one of the most competitive best picture races in years.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Transitions between scenes are often accompanied by shots of monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife roaming the grounds of the hotel, but The White Lotus itself feels fairly tame by now.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Mark is taller and brighter than Darren but infinitely more docile and far less street-smart.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
  • While ponies have a more strong-willed nature, horses are usually more docile and willing to please.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In an earnings call in January, Musk attributed the delay to U.S. and Chinese restrictions that prevent Tesla from quickly developing a locally compliant version of the driver-assistance software.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
  • This approach allows brands to expand their reach while fostering loyalty through affiliate networks — ultimately driving growth in a cost-effective, compliant way.
    Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.
    Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Though the Post was amenable to publishing the inside ad, Common Cause told the paper to forget it and walked away.
    Liam Reilly, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
  • That stance has unnerved Ukraine, lending a sense of urgency to Kyiv’s need to appear willing to negotiate and to be amenable to Washington’s proposals on a peace deal.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Controllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controllable. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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