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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 contenders to succeed him include Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking, Troy Rohrbaugh, co-head of the commercial and investment bank and Mary Erdoes, CEO of asset and wealth management.—
Pritam Biswas and Nupur Anand,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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The EuroLeague recently signed a new agreement with IMG that would continue to retain the company as its commercial arm.—
Mike Vorkunov,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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This should be based on what makes your skills more marketable based on industry trends.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the extreme, GoFundMe can perversely encourage users to package their despair into marketable narratives.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Days later, Khosrowshahi is expected to travel to Davos, Switzerland, for the 54th World Economic Forum — an event that has, in recent years, been a platform for making exactly the kinds of corporate promises that Trump has railed against, including commitments to E.S.G., D.E.I. and globalism.—
Lauren Hirsch,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Society, family, and my own internal expectations all pushed me toward a more traditional path: climb the corporate ladder and measure your worth by title and paycheck.—
Cepee Tabibian, Contributor,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
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His ratings have been profitable 52% of the time, delivering an average return of 19.2%.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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The takeaway from these conversations to me is that companies will continue to pursue profitable climate initiatives in face of Trump, even if some of them no longer frame them as climate initiatives.—
Justin Worland/Davos,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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