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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
One of its most salable assets, the energetic left back Ian Maatsen, is actually on loan from Chelsea.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
First, there’s the pretty, quiet Paloma (Jennifer Trejo), a nascent math and science prodigy, who helps her ailing father (Gilberto Barraza) mine salable scrap metal from the smelly garbage dump near their makeshift home.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
This is the story, initially set in the nineteenth century, of seven chocolate makers -- three English, one Dutch, two Swiss, and one American -- struggling to produce salable products.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
Sixteen ounces of salable meat per month is a long way from the more than 4,000 pounds per month that Upside says its factory is capable of producing.
—WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
First, there’s the pretty, quiet Paloma (Jennifer Trejo), a nascent math and science prodigy, who helps her ailing father (Gilberto Barraza) mine salable scrap metal from the smelly garbage dump near their makeshift home.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
This is the story, initially set in the nineteenth century, of seven chocolate makers -- three English, one Dutch, two Swiss, and one American -- struggling to produce salable products.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
Sixteen ounces of salable meat per month is a long way from the more than 4,000 pounds per month that Upside says its factory is capable of producing.
—WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
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The basilica was a part of the larger forum, which served in London as the political, judicial, commercial and social hub of the city.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Other potential claims could rely on the right of publicity, which is popularly thought of in the context of NIL and which forbids the commercial use of another person’s identity without their consent.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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On-going price increases have prompted organizations like The People’s Union USA to push back on corporate America.—
Shelley E. Kohan,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Among other notable corporate cuts, Citigroup and Sears, Roebuck & Co. each slashed about 50,000 jobs, in 2008 and 1993, respectively.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
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But if start-ups can become profitable without spending much, that could become a problem for venture capital investors, who allocate tens of billions to invest in A.I. start-ups.—
Erin Griffith,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits.—
Brian Barrett,
WIRED,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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