1
as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
are there ever circumstances where laws that restrict a person's freedom of speech are supportable?
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
her beloved cat had been rescued from the burning house, making her other losses at least supportable
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
the news editor simply assumed the facts of the story were supportable and did not assign it to a fact checker
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supportable
Adjective
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Those who need these funds and those who foot the bill are tied for justifiable anger at such fraud.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2025 -
Powell has said the law does not give Trump the authority to remove any Fed official, including himself, without pointing to a justifiable cause.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Waiting for the movie to come to Racine, Wisconsin, didn’t seem endurable.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those intimate pauses are more endurable than the film’s particularly unfunny comic centerpiece, in which the men venture into a nightclub to meet with a generic, coke-addled magnate.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Claims of bigotry, discrimination, and racist fan behavior after a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky earlier this month were not verifiable.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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Key formats include: • NFTs As Ads: These are unique, verifiable promo assets users can view or even own.—
Matvii Diadkov,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The concern is that this growth might not be sustainable, especially with increasing competition in the oncology space.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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But many scientists and engineers believe nuclear propulsion offers the only realistic path for a sustainable campaign ferrying people between the Earth and Mars.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 3,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Legal Protections in Practice Firms are increasingly turning to a mosaic of legal mechanisms to protect their proprietary algorithms: Patents can protect novel and non-obvious algorithms with demonstrable utility.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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There just isn’t any demonstrable proof of the clear benefits.—
Laura Solla,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The empirical evidence, however, suggests otherwise.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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And despite claims that providing unemployment insurance will encourage striking workers to stay out longer, both common sense and empirical evidence suggest otherwise.—
Ed Hawthorne,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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“Supportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supportable. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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