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Recent Examples of unsustainable
But Tollast argued the cost of such defense, estimated by Israel to be more than a billion dollars in that case, makes this approach unsustainable.
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Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
But companies are quietly worried that the $100,000 price tag will prove unsustainable for their hiring needs.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Using million-dollar missiles to shoot down thousand-dollar drones is economically unsustainable.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Some reject the project of empathy entirely, believing that emotional engagement with patients makes the lifelong work of attending to suffering unsustainable.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
But companies are quietly worried that the $100,000 price tag will prove unsustainable for their hiring needs.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Using million-dollar missiles to shoot down thousand-dollar drones is economically unsustainable.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Some reject the project of empathy entirely, believing that emotional engagement with patients makes the lifelong work of attending to suffering unsustainable.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsustainable
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 9 Oct. 2025.
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