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as in commercial
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
an item that would be too expensive to produce, and attractive to too few people, to ever be considered a salable commodity
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as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale
the car has to be put in better condition before it will be at all salable
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Recent Examples of salable
The series renders the potentially odd and inward aspects of fantasy salable—paranormals are just like contemporary humans, with familiar psychologies, politics, and value systems.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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The Sundays is a 59-room boutique hotel perched on Hamilton Island, the only one in the Whitsundays with its own commercial airport and direct service from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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The budget request proposed transitioning to cheaper commercial systems – with the chief candidates expected to provide them being SpaceX and Blue Origin.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Skill Stack & Artificial Intelligence A skill stack refers to a personalized combination of marketable skills, credentials, and experiences that can evolve in response to emerging trends and market demands.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Newer buildings to the west are more stable and marketable, while unimproved buildings to the east are struggling and emptying.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Their accountant filed two false corporate tax returns, claiming one of the couple’s firms earned no money in 2015 and 2016.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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These regions were often skeptical of centralized power, and reformers pushed for tools like the initiative and referendum to give citizens a way to bypass political machines and corporate influence.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
30 May 2025
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Also, these advanced manufacturers with expensive machinery are often big, profitable companies.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Short of expectations Brightline has not been a profitable railroad.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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