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educable

[ej-oo-kuh-buhl] / ˈɛdʒ ʊ kə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
able to be taught
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When asked if men are educable on this front, Zernike laughs and points out that “my sons by osmosis learned that women can be geniuses.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2023

As we have suggested several times in the past, the problem is not that Mountain State children are less educable than their peers elsewhere.

From Washington Times Nov. 6, 2019

Suggested reading:Kurt Vonnegut, "Player Piano."I'm a long-time computer jock, designed and wrote educable specialized neural network...

From New York Times Sep. 19, 2016

Kraus once said, “I have nothing to say about Hitler,” because he directed his criticism only at educable, comprehensible subjects—worthy subjects.

From Slate Oct. 11, 2013

Since we had gained that much education, the high school teachers assumed that we were educable.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac



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