teachableness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teachableness
Noun
  • Civilian control of the military requires obedience to lawful orders, not blind participation in whatever form of violence a president chooses to rename as war.
    Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • For example, a pet owner who doesn't have to absorb the full costs of a $5,000 emergency surgery bill may be better positioned to continue purchasing high-quality food, maintaining regular dental cleanings or enrolling in obedience classes afterward.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The breed falls on the higher end of the trainability spectrum, with the AKC describing them as fairly eager to please handlers.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Smaller than the German shepherd and the Belgian Malinois, the Dutch shepherd is used in police and military work because of its athleticism, trainability and strong work ethic.
    Aditya Simha, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • That’s why the theme of violence, both psychological and physical, is central to the novel, precisely because for so long—and unfortunately still today—violence hasn’t been considered sufficient reason to bring an end to the dominion of the male, founded on force and on the subordination of women.
    Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Mounting evidence of rogue AI Evidence of rogue AI does not come as a shock to some of the companies whose chatbots have defied subordination.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Frontman and mastermind Matt Bellamy returns to his longstanding theme of the endless search for something pure and real in a world of conformity, hypocrisy and alienation.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
  • Determined to understand what is really going on, two teenagers begin an investigation that leads them to challenge the invaders, their town’s conformity and their own uncertainties.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The statement amounted to a complete submission to Thomas, who used her Tuesday media availability to blast Engelbert.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • With three different categories, judges from across the USA TODAY Network ranked each submission in order to narrow down the contest to just 30 finalists.
    Krista Johnson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • Writing in the early 1890s, Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Attraction is a function of parentage and looks and submissiveness.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • But for Coles, his indoctrination to law enforcement has been a different level of submissiveness.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Those experiences appear to have reinforced the importance of humility inside the squad, even as outside expectations continue to grow.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Pls take manhood seriously, approach it with care, responsibility, character, dignity, humility and make room for laughter.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
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“Teachableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teachableness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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