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as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
a line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
has no sustainable claim to the property without a deed or some other document
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
the general didn't think that such heavy casualties could be sustainable for much longer
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Recent Examples of sustainable
For Bashir, sustainable construction isn’t a marketing pitch but a core philosophy that shapes everything his company does.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 19 July 2025
What To Expect at the Selby Gardens The gardens have their fair share of sustainable accolades, but exploring the botanical complex won’t leave you overwhelmed with tech.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
Reuters reported that the automaker doesn’t see sustainable demand for an electric sports car and is concerned about the effects of heavy EV batteries on the experience of driving a zippy ride.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 19 July 2025
By following this six-pillar framework, from in-store screens to RaaS, retailers can transform customer interactions into sustainable, high-margin revenue streams.
—Charisma Glassman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 19 July 2025
What To Expect at the Selby Gardens The gardens have their fair share of sustainable accolades, but exploring the botanical complex won’t leave you overwhelmed with tech.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
Reuters reported that the automaker doesn’t see sustainable demand for an electric sports car and is concerned about the effects of heavy EV batteries on the experience of driving a zippy ride.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 19 July 2025
By following this six-pillar framework, from in-store screens to RaaS, retailers can transform customer interactions into sustainable, high-margin revenue streams.
—Charisma Glassman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustainable
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Unlike earlier studies that uncovered evasion or deception, this research exposed a more alarming phenomenon: models calculating that unethical behavior was a justifiable strategy for survival.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Murder, then, has already been established as a justifiable means of protection.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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To thrive in the post-SEO world, firms must pivot from chasing algorithms to building verifiable authority.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Smith’s deal highlights how, in today’s unmistakably commercialized era of college sports, universities are explicitly prioritizing revenue over all other forms of verifiable success.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those intimate pauses are more endurable than the film’s particularly unfunny comic centerpiece, in which the men venture into a nightclub to meet with a generic, coke-addled magnate.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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Behind the scenes, discussions are underway about reopening embassies, reissuing oil licenses, and gradually easing sanctions—steps that could unfold if Venezuela makes demonstrable progress on democratic reforms.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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Enhance supply chain visibility and risk mapping Legal obligations under the Korean bill and similar regimes will require demonstrable knowledge of suppliers’ operations and risk exposure.—
Ronak D. Desai,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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This line of thinking would make sense with the results from the very first empirical test of TLR in a chimaera species, Callorhinchus milii, also known as the elephant fish.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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And the empirical evidence may be showing that markets, like everything else, can become so conditioned to chaos that all the old rules no longer apply.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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“Sustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustainable. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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