disciplinable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disciplinable
Adjective
  • Pruning peppers in fall not only encourages these plants to focus their energy on ripening any remaining fruit before frost arrives but also keeps them at a more manageable size to cover them as needed.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ensure a simple-enough menu stays manageable with a to-do list so you’re not waylaid by days-long side quests.
    Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Breaking this rule can result in a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500 and 60 days in jail, per WTSP.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Across many states, speeding 20 mph over the limit is punishable by a fine of several hundred dollars and points on your driver’s license.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tilly, and the technologies that will follow her, promise something cleaner, faster, cheaper and more controllable — but infinitely less relatable.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When exposed to a magnetic field, the film acts like an actuator, contracting, bending, or folding the origami, effectively turning it into a tiny, controllable robot.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • A lot of these products pack a larger caffeine punch, so if that concerns you then Naked Protein’s comparatively tame 95mg might be more your speed.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2025
  • While the colorway itself is relatively tame, the hundreds of rhinestone crystals that cover the traditionally leather upper are anything but.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But since this may be a one-time-only experience, booking a few chargeable experiences is well worth the price tag.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Demand, measured by chargeable weight, dropped 2 percent in the two-week-over-two-week timeline.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Until recently, their goal has been to attack the more tractable pure delivery market with a custom delivery robot about half the size of traditional cars.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • These prove out Fielder’s intuition that aviation safety depends on candid cockpit conversation, a particularly high-stakes—and, crucially, perhaps tractable—example of Fielder’s over-all preoccupation with the fear and anxiety that inhibits genuine communication.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Her history underscores the need for state law and how the criminal justice system interacts with those mentally ill to be reviewed, advocates told the Journal Sentinel.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges Friday against Poway City Councilmember Tony Blain.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • China may be amenable to this arrangement because Xi, who continues to purge high-level military officials, appears to not fully trust the People’s Liberation Army or its readiness to take Taiwan in the near term.
    MARVIN PARK, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Illustration by Patricia Bolaños In today’s New York, dive bars are an increasingly rare species, steadily losing their place in the economic food chain to sexier establishments that are more amenable to influencers and their algorithms.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Disciplinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disciplinable. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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