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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
Whether the converter intends to create a rental or a condo building, if the overall structure is much wider than 60 or 65 feet, the converter may need to go to extreme measures to give the residential units enough light and air while maintaining a high ratio of salable or rentable space.
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
In the past 10 years there’s been a lot of innovation in packaging integration, which is the final manufacturing process that transforms semiconductor devices into salable products.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2019
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
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Joshua Stein, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
In the past 10 years there’s been a lot of innovation in packaging integration, which is the final manufacturing process that transforms semiconductor devices into salable products.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2019
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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While they’re commonly used in commercial and kitchen settings, utility carts can be used for a wide variety of purposes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Royal funding comes from the Sovereign Grant, a financial mechanism that allocates 12 percent of the net income generated by the Crown Estate, a vast portfolio of commercial and residential properties held by the monarch during his reign.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Make your own list of must-haves for a target geography, make a list of your marketable skills, and take your career abroad as an entrepreneur.—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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People have been told that Black and country music is not marketable.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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After all, according to the automaker’s own corporate website, the model was developed to attract a new and burgeoning consumer class in the early 1960s.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
23 June 2025
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In California, where Bezos owns property, he would be required to disclose to his spouse a complete picture of his finances encompassing his domestic and foreign investments, real estate portfolios, and potentially corporate governance frameworks.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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But profitable self-driving car services have thus far remained elusive for other providers.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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The carrier will also look to wind down underperforming routes while focusing on profitable ones, and is reassessing the size and scope of its leadership team, JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said in the memo to employees.—
Shivansh Tiwary,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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