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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
Those referred to the Detroit Pistons’ too effective strategy of physicality, trapping, hard-fouling – the stuff Clark and all the WNBA’s most competent, marketable scorers are still dealing with.
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Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
There is Chekhov, yes, but in American film the gun going off is ordained by the greater cults of marketable violence.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The full-back can evolve in his new home and, the way things are heading, even reinvent himself, becoming marketable in different ways.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Recording artists remain some of the most marketable figures in entertainment for brand partnerships given their legions of fans.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
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Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
There is Chekhov, yes, but in American film the gun going off is ordained by the greater cults of marketable violence.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The full-back can evolve in his new home and, the way things are heading, even reinvent himself, becoming marketable in different ways.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Recording artists remain some of the most marketable figures in entertainment for brand partnerships given their legions of fans.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
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Knowing where your food comes from is a privilege worth paying for if one can, and tracking its journey, from field to fork, is a profitable business.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Parks aren’t profitable, museums are empty, and the fine citizens of DUMBO just honk their horns at each other when a massive herbivore escapes from the zoo for a nap under the Brooklyn Bridge.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
30 June 2025
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The hurdles at these valuation levels are higher, but optimism about future corporate earnings has improved as economic downside risks have receded.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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For some observers, the corporate sponsorships on display throughout the evening struck a specific chord.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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Without marketing, firms would be unable to get information out necessary to make a drug salable in the first place.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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That may not sound like much, but elimination of just one elevator shaft can create 100 square feet of rentable or salable space on every floor of a building.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Amazon joined the quantum party, nudging some of its chief cloud rivals like Google and Microsoft in the race for potential payoff when quantum goes commercial.—
John Prisco,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Royal funding comes from the Sovereign Grant, a financial mechanism that allocates 12 percent of the net income generated by the Crown Estate, a vast portfolio of commercial and residential properties held by the monarch during his reign.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Interacting with other Substack writers can lead to valuable cross-promotion opportunities.—
Jane Hanson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Playing multiple sports has taught West valuable lessons for his hockey career.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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Each manufacturer has had to write its own version, a slow and expensive process.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 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 14 Jul. 2025.
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