controllable

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Controllable endemic diseases like high blood pressure will be undiagnosed and ignored until paralysis sets in.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Controllable issues are things like maintenance and crew positioning, “things the carrier is uniquely in control of,” said Bob Mann, an airline industry consultant.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

Controllable, too, is the influx of modifying suggestions into our homes, however vast and subtle the enterprise may seem.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)