as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
it is important to choose a maintainable position for your thesis
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Recent Examples of maintainable
One of the key barriers to this transition is ensuring that the reactor components are not just powerful, but also maintainable over several decades of continuous operation.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
This will be crucial for ensuring the resulting code is easily maintainable by human engineers, but Josh Triplett, an open source developer who contributes to the Rust project, says this may prove challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
This will be crucial for ensuring the resulting code is easily maintainable by human engineers, but Josh Triplett, an open source developer who contributes to the Rust project, says this may prove challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maintainable
justifiable
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Walking and hiking have become hugely popular as Mallorca increasingly leans into its (entirely justifiable) reputation for landscape beauty as well as sun, sea, and sangria.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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If that’s what happened, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to reject the therapy was justifiable.—
Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Maintainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maintainable. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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