tractable
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"The first question," says Steel, "is whether or not a unique order exists for these reactions. Once we could prove that there is one, the algorithm to order them became tractable."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Instead, the team broke down their unanswerable question—will the breeding program work—into four smaller, more tractable assumptions:
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The question whether we’re building conscious machines is scientifically tractable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“Social media is the problem, and it’s really the algorithms” provides a very simple and tractable solution, which is that you fix the algorithms.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024
Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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