variants or saleable
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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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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for salable
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  • According to Anne Arundel County Police, the fire occurred around 9:25 p.m. Saturday evening in a commercial parking lot at 600 W. Central Ave.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2025
  • There have been instances where commercial boats have responded to a boat maintenance call after hearing the information on Channel 16, Neff said.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
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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
  • 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
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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
  • 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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  • Also, these advanced manufacturers with expensive machinery are often big, profitable companies.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 27 May 2025
  • Short of expectations Brightline has not been a profitable railroad.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025

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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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