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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
But with rising farm costs and a loss of property due to development, operations weren’t sustainable.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Advertisement No matter how sustainable our vineyards and wineries become, our future is ultimately tied to the choices society makes about energy, transportation, and consumption.
—Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The team plans for what’s visible at normal social distances and what’s sustainable long term.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The report attributed growth to rising consumer spending and increasing demand for sustainable shopping practices.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Advertisement No matter how sustainable our vineyards and wineries become, our future is ultimately tied to the choices society makes about energy, transportation, and consumption.
—Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The team plans for what’s visible at normal social distances and what’s sustainable long term.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The report attributed growth to rising consumer spending and increasing demand for sustainable shopping practices.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustainable
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Speaking of the penalty the Ferrari driver was handed, F1's governing body, the FIA, stated that Hamilton's argument of going off track to manage his brake failure situation was not justifiable.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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And unlike Snake Eater, the original isn’t easily accessible, making the endeavor much more justifiable.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Whether Optimus becomes America’s poster child for humanoids depends on Tesla moving from spectacle to sustained, independently verifiable results and its ability to manage supply-chain, production, and service economics at scale.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The treaty places verifiable limits on all Russian deployed intercontinental-range nuclear weapons.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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This patchwork of laws, the demonstrable technological hurdles, and the symbolic value of lunar firsts combine to create an environment of competition that could resemble past resource rushes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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An illusion endlessly repeated despite its demonstrable untruth ceases to be an illusion and becomes a lie; a lie endlessly retold can become second nature, so ingrained and instinctive as to detach from its origins and morph into self-delusion.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2025
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In sum, the judges reasoned the antitrust analysis hinges on the production of much more evidence and empirical data than has been presented by either side.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Today our data may be unassailably empirical, but our emotions are very much apocalyptic.—
Ed Simon
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Sustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustainable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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