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controllable

ADJECTIVE
manageable
Synonyms


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Many see the arrival of superintelligence as inevitable so it’s critical to have a hand in how it’s used and who controls it—if it’s controllable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"It really is a multinational environment and there are so many objects that are not controllable."

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Sharifi said it is important to “compartmentalize the problem” and focus only on what is controllable.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

It’s “a meme-coded way of turning life into an optimization system because routines are controllable, measurable, and highly shareable,” the brand executive and cultural strategist writes on her Substack, “Culture Codes.”

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

This desire was only controllable because I remembered someone standing off to the side there, bearing witness to more fury than he had ever seen from me—you.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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