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  • "'Tractable' isn't just the word I'd ever apply to Prescott," he answered dryly.

    The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • Second derivation is non-positive, (diminishing returns) 3, Tractable (continuous, derivatives of all orders)

    The Stern Swindle, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Tractable problems are those which can be solved in polynomial cost, while intractable problems are those which can only be solved in an exponential cost (the former solutions are commonly regarded as efficient although an exponential-time algorithm could turn out to be more efficient than a polynomial-time algorithm for some range of input sizes).

    Quantum Computing Hagar, Amit 2007

  • Tractable as it may be according to more than one of these options, it is a particularly bad example on which to indict the edition's theoretical foundations.

    'The Scandal of Ulysses': An Exchange Adams, Robert M. 1988

  • Tractable as they were in all other ways, anxious as they seemed to please him, on this one point they were obdurate: never would they stay together.

    Just David 1916

  • "Tractable as a kitten!" exclaimed Symes, beaming.

    The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • Tractable as they were in all other ways, anxious as they seemed to please him, on this one point they were obdurate: never would they stay together.

    Just David 1894

  • The geological study was conducted by the Belgian firm Tractable and Jordanian, French and Japanese officials and banks on Monday discussed financing for the project.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The geological study was conducted by the Belgian firm Tractable and Jordanian, French and Japanese officials and banks on Monday discussed financing for the project.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The geological study was conducted by the Belgian firm Tractable and Jordanian, French and Japanese officials and banks on Monday discussed financing for the project.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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