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Recent Examples of controllable
The new model boasts 20% stronger cooling performance and up to ten hours of battery life, controllable through buttons or a smartphone app for granular settings.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Even factors that are more controllable include an element of guesswork, notably whether a player thriving at an inferior level can make the step up to the Premier League.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Still, some factors linked to menopause timing are controllable, including healthy lifestyle habits like following the Mediterranean diet or exercising frequently.
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Zoe Cunniffe,
Health,
3 June 2026
The compensation kicks in for significant delays within the airline's control and generally mirrors offerings for controllable cancellations.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
The character who, in the show’s first two seasons, generated much of the show’s intrigue and menace thanks to his barely controllable rage, had been brought low by life.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
25 May 2026
The latest iteration features intelligent control systems, controllable blades, and onboard batteries, and is meant to demonstrate its electricity generation performance in real sea conditions.
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New Atlas,
19 May 2026
The system uses a mathematical method known as a Hermite spline to create smooth and precisely controllable trajectories while minimizing travel time.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Both models can reference images and text prompts, resulting in more controllable outputs and creating a major advancement in AI filmmaking.
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Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Even factors that are more controllable include an element of guesswork, notably whether a player thriving at an inferior level can make the step up to the Premier League.
—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Still, some factors linked to menopause timing are controllable, including healthy lifestyle habits like following the Mediterranean diet or exercising frequently.
—
Zoe Cunniffe,
Health,
3 June 2026
The compensation kicks in for significant delays within the airline's control and generally mirrors offerings for controllable cancellations.
—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
The character who, in the show’s first two seasons, generated much of the show’s intrigue and menace thanks to his barely controllable rage, had been brought low by life.
—
Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
25 May 2026
The latest iteration features intelligent control systems, controllable blades, and onboard batteries, and is meant to demonstrate its electricity generation performance in real sea conditions.
—
New Atlas,
19 May 2026
The system uses a mathematical method known as a Hermite spline to create smooth and precisely controllable trajectories while minimizing travel time.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Both models can reference images and text prompts, resulting in more controllable outputs and creating a major advancement in AI filmmaking.
—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for controllable
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Combined, those supply boosts made the shock considerably more manageable for the market to absorb.
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The temperature at Wimbledon on Monday is expected to be a much more manageable 24 C (75 F).
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Anomaly detection, pattern recognition and risk stratification for pregnancy complications are all tractable applications when the underlying data quality is there, and the design keeps a clinician in the decision loop.
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After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.
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Colleagues have praised not only his command of physiology but also his ability to make his reasoning legible—to turn clinical uncertainty into something teachable.
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Bayern gets the best of Manchester United A goal in either half from Bayern Munich’s Pernille Harder threatened to turn Manchester United’s first Champions League quarter-final into a teachable lesson.
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Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric.
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The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size.
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But a sprawling 1,000-year-old site unearthed in Denmark shifts the focus from raids and conquests to a far tamer pursuit — the textile production that likely made those expeditions possible.
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Jorgen Strand Larsen should have given his side hope at 3-1 but saw his tame penalty saved by Mike Maignan before Desire Doue headed home France’s fourth late on.
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In April, Hulu began airing the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale that depicts teen girls trained to be docile homemakers.
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His humble and docile disposition resembles that of the air sign Libra, which holds moral righteousness and fair-mindedness.
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Suddenly, an American apparel brand is forced to figure out how to open and manage a compliant, local bank account in Mumbai just to pay for its textiles.
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These are arranged in a 2+1 redundant, Tier III-compliant setup that prevents power interruptions through battery-to-generator transitions.
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Second, victims of higher taxes don’t stand still and get sheared like obedient sheep.
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The dogs Kostyukevich saw on Happy K9 Academy’s Instagram page seemed happy and obedient.
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