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or saleable
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as in corporate
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
During these uncertain times, many designers served up collections that were salable and had an ease, polish and sophistication.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Another saleable asset in goalkeeper Mike Maignan attracted only a low-ball offer from Chelsea, while Theo Hernandez dropped off so badly that the fee Al Hilal paid was lower than hoped.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
In the fashion industry, new product development is a high-stakes process centered around anticipating market demand and converting insights into saleable products at record speed.
—Sandeep Kumar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Since discovering the fledging, barely teenage Canadian talent on YouTube in 2007, Braun meticulously molded Bieber’s heartthrob R&B image into an incredibly salable product ripe for Beliebers’ consumption the world over.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Another saleable asset in goalkeeper Mike Maignan attracted only a low-ball offer from Chelsea, while Theo Hernandez dropped off so badly that the fee Al Hilal paid was lower than hoped.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
In the fashion industry, new product development is a high-stakes process centered around anticipating market demand and converting insights into saleable products at record speed.
—Sandeep Kumar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Since discovering the fledging, barely teenage Canadian talent on YouTube in 2007, Braun meticulously molded Bieber’s heartthrob R&B image into an incredibly salable product ripe for Beliebers’ consumption the world over.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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Zuckerberg’s experiment is one of the first real attempts by a major tech company to test AI at the executive level, potentially signaling a future where AI systems assist — or partially replace — corporate leadership roles.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Although Brixx operates a mix of corporate and franchised locations, its takeover of that space would make the lakefront livelier by putting patrons on the patio at night.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Brands are eating up the opportunity to dress Fleetwood and Thomas, two of golf’s most recognizable and marketable stars.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The league’s new High Impact Player Rule also helps, as teams are now allowed to exceed the NWSL salary cap by $1 million for star players in a policy spurred by the potential departure of Trinity Rodman, who is arguably the league’s most marketable player.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Advances in fabrication techniques and growing environmental awareness will likely accelerate their transition from laboratory innovation to commercial application.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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Although the Commission did a U-turn after the parties sweetened the deal, the episode underscored that merger outcomes can bind companies with social taxes that may undermine their commercial merits.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Kirby wrote that some less profitable flights are expected to be cut in the short term because of oil prices, like off-peak and red-eye flights.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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By the end of their run, only corn and soybeans were profitable.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While rainfall runs off quickly and can more readily evaporate from soil, snowpack serves as a valuable and lasting source of moisture and accounts for a majority of water supplies across the region, as much as 80 percent in some areas.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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This pattern encodes valuable information.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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These efforts support the company’s advancement toward regulatory self-certification, EPA certification, and progress toward delivering sellable vehicles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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But High School Musical’s ratings smash made the movie franchisable and sellable — something far more common for the films given the budgets and attention warranted by a theatrical release.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2026
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This will overcome the main challenge of firing expensive missile interceptors to knock out these threats; the economics don’t add up.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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The newest residents of some of the city’s most expensive real estate pitched their shelters in the shadow of the port where, in 2020, a massive blast rocked most of Beirut, killing hundreds and destroying a chunk of the capital.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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