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as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
a line of argument that is probably not sustainable in a public forum against skilled debaters
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
has no sustainable claim to the property without a deed or some other document
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
the general didn't think that such heavy casualties could be sustainable for much longer
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Recent Examples of sustainable
The restaurant — a destination for sustainable seafood by way of an artful tasting menu — turned 20 this month.
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The other half, the humanistic component that transforms good organizations into great ones and sustainable success into legacy, has been relegated to the background, often dismissed as too soft, too unmeasurable, or too idealistic for serious business consideration.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
The Copenhagen, Denmark, native made the big decision to invest approximately $40,000 in three hectares of jungle land, with a dream to build a self-sufficient and sustainable home.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
To earn the award, each candidate spends one to two years developing and implementing a project designed to have sustainable social impacts in local and/or global communities.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
The other half, the humanistic component that transforms good organizations into great ones and sustainable success into legacy, has been relegated to the background, often dismissed as too soft, too unmeasurable, or too idealistic for serious business consideration.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
The Copenhagen, Denmark, native made the big decision to invest approximately $40,000 in three hectares of jungle land, with a dream to build a self-sufficient and sustainable home.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
To earn the award, each candidate spends one to two years developing and implementing a project designed to have sustainable social impacts in local and/or global communities.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustainable
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As ever, prospective investors must carefully consider whether Palantir’s premium valuation is a justifiable bet on the future of AI — or a potential case of pricing perfection in an imperfect world.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Some homicides on the list may be judged by authorities as justifiable.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some listeners began to have doubts about The Velvet Sundown's existence over the past week, with multiple Reddit and X threads pointing out the lack of verifiable information on the band.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Even at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States saw mutual benefit in verifiable strategic arms control.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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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
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Cheng and others walked through data points designed to underline that Amazon’s gigantic funnel brings demonstrable results to programmers big (HBO Max, Apple TV+, Paramount+) and niche (Crunchyroll).—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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Blue Ivy represents something unprecedented in American celebrity culture: the first generation of ultra-privileged children with extraordinary access and demonstrable talent.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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The plaintiffs presented no empirical evidence to the contrary—no evidence that the copying has already caused market harm, and no evidence that the copying is likely to cause market harm in the future.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Migration commentators in the U.K. point out there is little empirical evidence for a deterrence effect.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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“Sustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustainable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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