How to Use sustainable in a Sentence

sustainable

adjective
  • And the ratings spike did not prove sustainable for the rest of the evening.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Is the 5:2 diet sustainable for weight loss in the long-term?
    Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2020
  • But the debate is over how sustainable its growth will be in the long run.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Now's the time to see how sustainable that power can be.
    Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • So what the Heat have to decide is whether this is sustainable.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • There might be a more sustainable way of doing it in the sense of having a small team.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Once on the trail, the hiking is rhythmic, and for most, sustainable for many hours.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
  • Looking for a gift that's sustainable and gives back to a good cause?
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • With these goals the Ford site can be both livable and sustainable.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
  • But the idea wasn’t as sustainable as the company thought.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 30 Sep. 2021
  • This is where the quest for sustainable change must begin.
    Munachim Amah, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
  • That made for an easy and fair question to ask: Is that sustainable?
    Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • But the truth is that only sustainable growth will lift all boats.
    John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Instead the plan is for planes and ships to run on sustainable fuels.
    WIRED, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The model was one of the first to try to make public pensions sustainable.
    The Economist, 8 June 2019
  • The challenge is finding ways of putting the region on a more sustainable course.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The method is also not sustainable for large-scale use.
    Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
  • With the economy ground to a halt, those plans are not sustainable.
    The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The next step is for this to become a sustainable business model for more than just the lucky few.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Burberry is here to show the world that high fashion can be sustainable too.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The second is that the terms are too generous to be sustainable.
    The Economist, 27 July 2019
  • Nevertheless, to be sustainable is to do less to it and get more out of it.
    Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • That was a gift, not something to suggest that kind of play was sustainable.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • While that won't be sustainable to make a run in the playoffs, that defense alone might be good enough to get there.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2020
  • And even these might not be that sustainable after all.
    Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg.com, 22 July 2015
  • The hope is the improvements will make the course sustainable long into the future.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
  • Fishing of those species is not banned, but any trade now must be sustainable.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In her eyes, the business of tunnel boring needs to get faster and more sustainable.
    Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The city is also a leader in sustainable tourism among other peer cities in Asia.
    Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But to be sustainable and provide us with the benefits of social interaction, the connections must be purposeful (aligned with our own styles, needs, and preferences).
    Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

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