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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
The series renders the potentially odd and inward aspects of fantasy salable—paranormals are just like contemporary humans, with familiar psychologies, politics, and value systems.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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The new executive order builds on that policy by not limiting it to certain drugs under Medicare but also including Medicaid and private sector insurance available on the commercial marker, said White House spokesman Kush Desai.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The coffee shop was in the Nugget Plaza shopping center, a 140,000-square-foot commercial development near the intersection of Pleasant Grove Boulevard and Fairway Drive, according to property owner Engstrom Properties.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Students can maximize their ROI by running careful calculations, choosing majors strategically and focusing on developing marketable skills throughout their college experience.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The level of innovation that resonated most with the audience included looks that were distinct and somewhat could be immediately marketable.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Owens, 36, told the Miami Herald. Owens, who has spent 15 years in corporate America in HR and recruiting, tapped into his creative passion during the pandemic, recording dozens of songs under the name King Tetrus and uploading them to streaming services like SoundCloud and Spotify.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
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Research could be done via federal entities, universities, startups, private or public companies, but there will obviously be an immense shortfall in these efforts without the government (maybe the optimistic view is that corporate America becomes the preferred partner for this administration.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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In the Penguin Random House antitrust trial three years ago, the publishing giant revealed that only 35% of its books are profitable and of those, 4% bring in the majority of profits, suggesting that the company runs on the success of just a tiny handful of authors.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
15 May 2025
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That’s important for Costco investors, too, because Kirkland Signature products tend to carry higher margins than name-brand items, and Wall Street wants to see the company become more profitable to help boost earnings.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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