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as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
a line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
has no sustainable claim to the property without a deed or some other document
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
the general didn't think that such heavy casualties could be sustainable for much longer
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Recent Examples of sustainable
Other pluses: The company is a proponent of sustainable, fair trade production and regularly partners with independent artists and designers on exclusive releases.
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Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
In Cape Town on Tuesday, the royal, who is in South Africa promoting his Earthshot Prize Awards, wore several ties from the sustainable brand, Wilmok.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
In October, the Department of Commerce announced $100 million for collaborations relevant to sustainable manufacturing.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
In addition, satellites can bring remote communities online faster, opening up sustainable business models.
—Scott Williams, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
In Cape Town on Tuesday, the royal, who is in South Africa promoting his Earthshot Prize Awards, wore several ties from the sustainable brand, Wilmok.
—Monique Jessen, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
In October, the Department of Commerce announced $100 million for collaborations relevant to sustainable manufacturing.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
In addition, satellites can bring remote communities online faster, opening up sustainable business models.
—Scott Williams, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Others may instead look at it as the pilots having a very justifiable reason to distrust airline management, having lost years’ of gains in the past when contracts were ripped up during airline bankruptcies.Brian Foley, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Historically, many Americans have viewed the laws as justifiable.Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
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Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
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Across the country, 97% of voters will cast ballots in jurisdictions that provide verifiable paper backups, Easterly said.Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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But for the past few weeks, it's made being trapped on the couch much more endurable, and even enjoyable, for me and my family.Adrienne So, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2020
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But Russo understands the appeal, even the necessity, of those absurd affections that exceed all reason and make the travails of human life endurable.Ron Charles, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
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Given the demonstrable shot in the arm that out-of-home deliveries have given the holiday games since 2020, when Nielsen began blending those impressions with its vanilla TV data, Fox needn’t overly concern itself about losing ground this year.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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There’s also the implication—or rather the demonstrable truth—that A could be anyone, of any age.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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So having empirical evidence of a method that works, even in just some situations, is encouraging.Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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In this case, our empirical look at how our averages are operating is reassuring us that things are working as intended.G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Sustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustainable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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