1
as in profitable
fit to be offered for sale
realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
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as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
trying to turn their invention into a marketable product
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Recent Examples of marketable
When the Meiers were appointed to the brand, Jil Sander was still struggling to find an identity as compelling — and as marketable — as the postmodern playfulness that the Belgian designer Raf Simons had displayed during his seven years as its creative director.
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Winning teams with marketable stars are what captures the public’s imagination, yet the league is unintentionally kneecapping successful, and thus expensive, teams.
—Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Overall, Berkshire’s holdings of marketable securities dropped from $354 billion in 2023 to $272 billion at the end of 2024.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Curry has been one of the NBA’s most marketable players for the past decade, and his off-court earnings got a bump last year under his latest long-term Under Armour contract extension.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Winning teams with marketable stars are what captures the public’s imagination, yet the league is unintentionally kneecapping successful, and thus expensive, teams.
—Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Overall, Berkshire’s holdings of marketable securities dropped from $354 billion in 2023 to $272 billion at the end of 2024.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Curry has been one of the NBA’s most marketable players for the past decade, and his off-court earnings got a bump last year under his latest long-term Under Armour contract extension.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
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Ferrari has also proven itself to be profitable quarter after quarter, year after year.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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The announcement said Omaha has been profitable since its founding in 2020.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Investors and consumers can now point to impressive, cutting-edge examples of corporate sustainability.—
Mary Johnstone-Louis,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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John Corwin is the general manager for corporate strategy and development at Microsoft.—
Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, John Corwin,
Harvard Business Review,
31 Mar. 2025
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Whether the converter intends to create a rental or a condo building, if the overall structure is much wider than 60 or 65 feet, the converter may need to go to extreme measures to give the residential units enough light and air while maintaining a high ratio of salable or rentable space.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the past 10 years there’s been a lot of innovation in packaging integration, which is the final manufacturing process that transforms semiconductor devices into salable products.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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What Ukraine gains The White House said that the sides had agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Attacking peaceful commercial vessels means picking on large, unarmed, slow-moving targets that serve nearly all countries and are crewed by innocent, hard-working people from around the world.—
The Editors,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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These shoes are so highly coveted and valuable that Sotheby’s hosted an auction to sell them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, one friend intends to rob the place, seeking a valuable antique.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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Imposing higher tariffs on other nations, however, is likely to make many consumer goods more expensive at a time when many Americans’ fears of a pending recession are growing.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Adapting homes and infrastructure to coastal flooding is not just expensive, but will have limitations.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut.—
Ryan Dezember,
WSJ,
26 May 2021
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The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.—
Robinson Meyer,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2021
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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketable. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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