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Recent Examples of defensible Vegetation is cleaned up to reduce potential wildfire fuel and create defensible space around park structures, trails and areas close to homes. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 June 2025 The rationale for signing Dobbins is perfectly defensible. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 June 2025 The most defensible companies are building new moats around enterprise knowledge, trust, and observability. Rocio Wu, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Choosing whom to bank in 2019 was a choice, and perhaps a defensible one in the political climate that existed then, but the bill comes due. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for defensible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defensible
justifiable
Adjective
  • Wilson County deputies' fatal shooting of a man following a domestic disturbance call at a home on Benders Ferry Road has been determined to be justifiable by the 15th District Attorney General, following an investigation.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Secondly, people in these societies are more likely to perceive aversive behavior as common and justifiable.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 June 2025

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“Defensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defensible. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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