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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 first is the most sustainable and the fairest path.
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
All three experts agree that tracking your macros is not a sustainable diet plan—on its own.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
While oatmeal alone isn’t a sustainable diet, the findings reinforce its role in a heart-healthy eating pattern.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2026
Apart from specifying that the number of wolves had to exceed the state’s endangerment cutoff, legislators never defined what such a sustainable level might be.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
All three experts agree that tracking your macros is not a sustainable diet plan—on its own.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
While oatmeal alone isn’t a sustainable diet, the findings reinforce its role in a heart-healthy eating pattern.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2026
Apart from specifying that the number of wolves had to exceed the state’s endangerment cutoff, legislators never defined what such a sustainable level might be.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustainable
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Walking and hiking have become hugely popular as Mallorca increasingly leans into its (entirely justifiable) reputation for landscape beauty as well as sun, sea, and sangria.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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If that’s what happened, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to reject the therapy was justifiable.—
Adam Feuerstein,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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Paul has a reputation for taking collectibles to extreme levels and has spent millions to secure some of the rarest items ever produced, including NFTs - unique, verifiable digital assets traded on the blockchain.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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The launch included a global developer co-creation program, creating a reproducible, extensible, and verifiable system.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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That's not a just, endurable peace.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
17 Aug. 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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Safety improves when enforcement is narrowly focused, standards are consistent, and decisions are tied to demonstrable risks on the road — not assumptions about who belongs.—
Bhupinder Kaur,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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While these are perfectly valid reasons to transfer, they should be framed in the most demonstrable and specific terms in the essay.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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But more needs to be done, and there is clear empirical evidence for why the governor and state Legislature should expand funding for these programs in this year’s budget.—
Christopher Martinez,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Given the Restaurants are all in various stages, the timelines for each are not confirmable at this time.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Sustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustainable. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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