1
as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
are there ever circumstances where laws that restrict a person's freedom of speech are supportable?
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
her beloved cat had been rescued from the burning house, making her other losses at least supportable
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
the news editor simply assumed the facts of the story were supportable and did not assign it to a fact checker
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supportable
Adjective
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Those who need these funds and those who foot the bill are tied for justifiable anger at such fraud.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2025 -
Powell has said the law does not give Trump the authority to remove any Fed official, including himself, without pointing to a justifiable cause.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Tie any relief to verifiable human-rights milestones—each prisoner released, each death sentence commuted, each protester freed.—
Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2025
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Key formats include: • NFTs As Ads: These are unique, verifiable promo assets users can view or even own.—
Matvii Diadkov,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The Tula Baby Blanket is made from a sustainable, breathable fabric that is silky-smooth to the touch.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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Someone investigating sustainable fishing in freshwater habitats could seek funding from the Population and Community Ecology program at the NSF.—
Kelly S. Mix,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Nor is there demonstrable evidence to show that the presence of hunters afield negatively impacts the enjoyment of the outdoors by non-hunters.—
Brandon Gleason,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
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One that’s more demonstrable in the industry than other comparable examples of societal laziness.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Instead the internet and social media accelerated a process in which the whole notion of an empirical truth has become watered down and distorted.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Decisions were made on the basis of rigorous empirical research and vetting through the minds of the experts — the men and women who led the agencies.—
Michael Eric Siegel,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Supportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supportable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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