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Recent Examples of unsustainable
In late May, the majority of bar advocates — private attorneys contracted by the state to represent criminal defendants — at the district court level in Middlesex and Suffolk counties instituted a work stoppage citing low pay and unsustainable work loads.
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
In the world of The Boys, and what’s going on with Homelander [Antony Starr], everything that Homelander is doing is unsustainable.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The move comes while many of the country’s regional sports networks have become financially unsustainable, even while many have had local broadcasting rights to NBA, Major League Baseball and National Hockey League games.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
In the world of The Boys, and what’s going on with Homelander [Antony Starr], everything that Homelander is doing is unsustainable.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
The move comes while many of the country’s regional sports networks have become financially unsustainable, even while many have had local broadcasting rights to NBA, Major League Baseball and National Hockey League games.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
No more shooting, no more Death, no more vast and unsustainable sums of money spent.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
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Remote work, low rates, and investor FOMO drove prices to unsupportable highs.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Maryland families, already feeling the strain of rising utility bills and elevated vehicle prices, may have just dodged another expensive and unsupportable policy created by regulators nearly 3,000 miles away.—
Trent M. Kittleman,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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There are details in all eight episodes that are based on verifiable facts, but anything unverifiable, anything that might have happened, even in Ed’s mind, is fair game for Monster, too.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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The sting took place along Interstate 40, where officials found most offenders with unverifiable licenses behind the wheels of 80,000-pound 18-wheelers.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Oswego County locals say the sheriff’s patrol is stopping Latino drivers for minor or unprovable violations, then handing them over to Border Patrol.—
Mina Aguilar,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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Up here, most questions are fundamentally unprovable, and uncertainty reigns.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
20 June 2025
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“Unsustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsustainable. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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