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Recent Examples of housebroken
One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.
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Washington Post,
15 Apr. 2021
The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2020
Dogs supposedly trained to detect and respond to potentially life-threatening blood sugar levels in people with diabetes were, in reality, often untrained, un-housebroken puppies with hefty pricetags—currently set at $25,000.
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Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
10 May 2018
Sherman, discarded by the Seahawks, arrives with bad-puppy baggage — old, banged-up, a rep for being not quite housebroken.
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Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Mar. 2018
Washington Post,
15 Apr. 2021
The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.
—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2020
Dogs supposedly trained to detect and respond to potentially life-threatening blood sugar levels in people with diabetes were, in reality, often untrained, un-housebroken puppies with hefty pricetags—currently set at $25,000.
—
Beth Mole,
Ars Technica,
10 May 2018
Sherman, discarded by the Seahawks, arrives with bad-puppy baggage — old, banged-up, a rep for being not quite housebroken.
—
Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housebroken
Adjective
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Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs).
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Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves.
Adjective
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These inventions transformed honey bees from a largely feral species into semi-domesticated livestock that could be managed year-round, expanded, and reproduced.
Adjective
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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.
Adjective
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Bowser, who declined to be interviewed for this article, urged the administration to clean up federal parks and fix broken fountains, while pushing back on measures like having police ask for people’s immigration status.
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Stopped wearing your favorite pumps because of a broken heel?
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“Housebroken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housebroken. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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