placable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placable
Adjective
  • After years of a legal battle where both sides won key judgments, officials chalked up the apparently amiable end to new personalities at the top of each agency.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • The performances were too amiable and not particularly satirical (much like the real-life Harris’s own appearance on the show).
    Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Because people generally like answers that are flattering and agreeable, such responses are weighted more heavily in training and reflected in the model’s behavior.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
  • By comparison, the males with more agreeable personalities sniffed the tubes more calmly.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Then, as the moon reaches its peak in Sagittarius on June 11, your dutiful sixth house of health, routines and acts of service are highlighted, pushing you to examine everything from your day-to-day tasks to your work-life balance.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
  • Even the most recent season of The White Lotus, for all its buzz, at times felt like a dutiful extension of what was once the freshest show on television.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • To date, more than 11,000 TikTok users have commented on the post, with many voicing their comedic takes on the viral moment and the cat's obliging demeanor.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Related Articles Until now exhibitions culminated in Saint Laurent’s studio on the upper floor of the museum, obliging visitors to backtrack toward the exit.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Where Chelsea’s domestic overseers have been largely acquiescent to their accounting ingenuity, the same can’t be said abroad.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Netanyahu appears convinced that his country’s security, along with his own political survival, depends on prolonging the military offensives and keeping both Gaza and Lebanon ungovernable, and therefore acquiescent.
    Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • On the other end of the spectrum was the more docile Kelly who often felt conflicted when her morals clashed with the cunning needed to succeed in the game.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 May 2025
  • This time around, Venus in Aries will be more docile and less rambunctious.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Lord John and Claire check up on Henry (Harry Jarvis), who is doing very well, thanks to Mercy’s (Gloria Obianyo) duteous care.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The administrator in him favors the long view; the duteous building of a team over the course of years.
    John Altavilla, courant.com, 12 May 2017
Adjective
  • Those who tend to favor obedient children are scored as having more authoritarian views.
    Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
  • They’re done being obedient to an archaic and broken system.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Placable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/placable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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