teachable
Example Sentences
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Still, this is a teachable moment — a warning for both of you to keep on top of your credit-card statements.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
That line stayed with me when I spoke to Gregory Rogers, a criminal-justice lecturer and former FBI agent who’s been trying to turn the assassination into a teachable moment.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
I believe that these things are teachable mostly by example, and in great silences.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
"When parents feel they've set a bad example, they have a valuable opportunity to turn the situation into a teachable moment."
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
“Men of business fought against the use of mindspeech when it first was found to be a teachable skill; they outlawed it for decades.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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