1
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
Restricting federal loans in this way would encourage schools to shift their curricula to favor more marketable skills.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
In reality, there turns out to be a third currency: marketable skills, like literacy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Today's high-performance EVs are few and far between, with most automakers concentrating on delivering the most marketable model.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
In reality, there turns out to be a third currency: marketable skills, like literacy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Today's high-performance EVs are few and far between, with most automakers concentrating on delivering the most marketable model.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
Adjective
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Well, unfortunately, division is very profitable in America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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During the pandemic, Roman started his most dominate run: A game-changing era as champion that lasted 1,316 days and anchored WWE to their most profitable time ever.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2025
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All in all, the neighborhood market growth was declining to stagnant while the downtown areas were slowly growing, driven predominantly by buyers moving from the suburbs, or out-of-state corporate transplants.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Naperville students receive corporate Merit Scholarships Two Naperville residents have been awarded scholarships as part of the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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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
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Indeed, returning director Gavin O'Connor and Affleck seem eager to take the more salable points of the character — his neuroatypical skills — and ditch the moody, dramatic parts.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Carriers transporting de minimis items, such as commercial mail agencies UPS and FedEx, must report shipment details to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the White House said April 2.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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This would be transferred under a process known as direct commercial sales (DCS); this is when the State Department grants a U.S. company permission to sell directly to a foreign buyer, rather than sales going through the Pentagon's Foreign Military Sales program.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Years before, scientists funded by industry scouted the seabed there, discovering both valuable minerals and new forms of life.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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Senior executives are now shouldering more direct reports, managing tasks once owned by middle managers, and losing valuable time for strategic thinking.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2025
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Critics dismissed it as expensive and unnecessary, arguing that students could read a guide or browse online forums for free.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Mandatory spending—like those entitlement programs—is much more expensive than discretionary spending.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 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 5 May. 2025.
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