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Recent Examples of teachable
That steady practice has crystallized into a belief system and a teachable aesthetic that has become — in our view — an ever-expanding handbook for life.
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Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
The ethos of the approach is that the actual skills required to do a job are often teachable—easily within the first six weeks of a job—and that a college degree bears shockingly little relevance to technical ability.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
The reality is that a first-rate decision-making process is both teachable and learnable.
—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The fact that Elemental can’t seem to get past its own elevator-pitch premise or avoid tripping over its teachable lessons, much less wring laughs and sobs from an opposites-attract love story, is a bit of a shock.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
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Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
The ethos of the approach is that the actual skills required to do a job are often teachable—easily within the first six weeks of a job—and that a college degree bears shockingly little relevance to technical ability.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
The reality is that a first-rate decision-making process is both teachable and learnable.
—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The fact that Elemental can’t seem to get past its own elevator-pitch premise or avoid tripping over its teachable lessons, much less wring laughs and sobs from an opposites-attract love story, is a bit of a shock.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teachable
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None of these visions, however, proved tractable: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran misjudged the strength of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli society, and the U.S.-Israeli alliance.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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This should make the engine more tractable throughout the rev range, and that’s not taking into consideration an optional race exhaust setup—for track use only, nudge nudge—that bumps those figures up to 126 horsepower and 73 lb-ft of torque, while shaving another 10 pounds.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, Medicare users will be able to spread their out-of-pocket costs throughout the year, making expenses more manageable with predictable monthly payments.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Gilford didn't reveal what had caused the swelling or his treatment, but thanked those who had helped reduce the inflammation to a manageable level.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Of course, anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2024
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Lead actor Nathan Meister returns to the role of Henry Oldfield, the sheep-phobic son of a farmer who discovers his twisted older brother has been carrying out dangerous genetic experiences on his livestock, which transform them from docile vegetarians to ruthless, carnivorous killers.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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What maybe gets forgotten is that the Old Course was especially docile that week.Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Relative newcomer Weaving, in particular, delivers a standout performance as Grace—a role that requires her to be, in turn, sweetly submissive, shocked, and terrified, and a tough-as-nails badass in a fight for her life.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
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Alice is Zoey’s domme — the dominant partner in the relationship — and Zoey is the sub, or submissive.Kayla Levy, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2024
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Still, most countries of the Global South and East seem amenable to using national currencies and other means of payment that avoid the dollar, says Irina Yarygina, a banking expert with MGIMO, a university associated with the Russian Foreign Ministry.Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
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Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Customer interactions, voluntary surveys and loyalty programs will be critical to create substantial, compliant marketing strategies.Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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General chatbots are often not compliant with the federal law restricting the release of medical information, and the companies behind the bots will frequently advise users not to share sensitive information in their conversations with the bots, Wei added.Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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After returning to Highland Safaris, walk to the adjacent Red Deer Center to meet a barn owl and feed members of a tame red-deer herd.Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Separate figures Friday showed no change in a gauge of prices paid to producers in September, suggesting further progress toward tamer inflation.Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Teachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teachable. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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