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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
Without marketing, firms would be unable to get information out necessary to make a drug salable in the first place.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Typically the metals are melted down at independent foundries and recast into salable commodities, like manhole covers and replacement car parts.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Microsoft’s growth in that sector — turning a research project into a salable product — has fueled much of the company’s success since Nadella became CEO, CNBC reported in February 2024.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Typically the metals are melted down at independent foundries and recast into salable commodities, like manhole covers and replacement car parts.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Microsoft’s growth in that sector — turning a research project into a salable product — has fueled much of the company’s success since Nadella became CEO, CNBC reported in February 2024.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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The price for commercial dishwashers runs from the low thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the size and complexity of the dish problem the machines are supposed to tackle.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When paired with strong editing and strategy, this skill becomes highly marketable.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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One of them — the real Boris Berezovsky (Will Keen) — takes Baranov under his wing to help orchestrate the path to power of Putin (Jude Law), a cold, crafty and not-very-marketable former spy who was appointed by Yeltsin to run the FSB (ex-KGB) in 1998.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Webster’s New World Dictionary cycled through corporate owners until its last edition, in 2014.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Disengaged operators take shortcuts and postpone investments, perpetuating the cycle that strains corporate cash flow.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But that would create a thorny conflict of interest for Denholm and her fellow directors, with Musk seeking — not for the first time — to use Tesla to subsidize one of his less-profitable ventures.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If an investor is wildly bullish on an asset, anticipates a large, sharp upward price movement in the near term, and seeks substantial capital gains, a buy-write or covered call may be a profitable strategy.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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