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Adjective
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Rather than capping insurance rates for lower-income homeowners, which would break the market further, legislators should provide them subsidies to fire-harden their homes and reduce vegetation so their risks — and proportional insurance costs — remain manageable.—
Michael Lane,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025 -
Getting Started With Liberty Tax Liberty Tax breaks down complicated IRS forms and schedules into smaller, manageable chunks.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Like James’s governess, Christine becomes an author of sorts through her attempts to understand a situation that isn’t, in the end, all that tractable.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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The scorecard-scrambling result: The normally tame North Course, exposed most to the wind at a higher elevation than the technically tougher South Course, showed teeth of its own.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump is placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation and that the tariffs will strengthen the economy instead of exposing consumers to higher prices.—
Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The lesson was clear: Technical skills are teachable; cultural fit isn’t.—
Sergii Malomuzh,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Tax professionals can upload documents to its platform and receive tailored advice for specific client situations, enabling them to identify eligible deductions, avoid overpaying and remain compliant.—
Ryan Lawler,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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The committee vote, which was held this morning in a room crammed to capacity with what appeared to be roughly equal numbers of Kennedy’s skeptics and devotees, certainly fit with the behavior of a compliant GOP.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Israeli medical specialists have concluded some hostages released in an earlier truce were drugged to keep them docile.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mark shares that this is his first time encountering an elf owl and explains how these tiny, docile birds lead secluded lives, often nesting in saguaro cactus cavities made by woodpeckers.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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WalletHub looked at 31 key indicators of a more or less amenable commute for all 50 states, boiling the data down to overall scores and individual rankings for local ownership costs, road conditions and average commute times, highway safety and access to vehicles and maintenance/repairs.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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While that could present the ultimate bench distraction, Butler’s side appears amenable to remaining away while the checks roll in.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In particular, embodiments describe protective cover layer structures that may be implemented in curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display modules, and in particular with curved, flexible, conformable and foldable display panels.—
Chris Smith,
BGR,
6 Apr. 2021
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Is this suit more conformable than the costume from Revenge of the Sith?—
Ryan Parker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 June 2022
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