teachable
Example Sentences
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I always like to find the teachable moments in anything negative that happens.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She has turned the pushback she faced into teachable moments.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
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
“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
