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Recent Examples of unsustainable
A lot of what made Toronto a 108-point team this past season remains, even if some of that success was unsustainable and adjustments are needed.
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 18 June 2025
In the end, keeping your head down is usually unsustainable, and Kurkov’s protagonists tend, eventually, to locate their moral backbones.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
The need for food, clean water and living space was unsustainable, even if most of the people trying to secure them lived in misery.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
But today's skeptical executives overlook the fact that many of these changes, like reasonable work hours, flexibility, and purpose, are healthy corrections to unsustainable workplace practices that weren't particularly effective anyway.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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James Mirtle, New York Times, 18 June 2025
In the end, keeping your head down is usually unsustainable, and Kurkov’s protagonists tend, eventually, to locate their moral backbones.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
The need for food, clean water and living space was unsustainable, even if most of the people trying to secure them lived in misery.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
But today's skeptical executives overlook the fact that many of these changes, like reasonable work hours, flexibility, and purpose, are healthy corrections to unsustainable workplace practices that weren't particularly effective anyway.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
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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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Someone in this case simply made up a novel but completely unsupportable theory.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Extrinsic: These are unverifiable, meaning there’s no reliable source to back them up.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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These stories — compelling and unverifiable — were the kind Children’s Health Defense had used to raise more than $67 million over the last decade. Siemens, who had brought Edwards in to treat Kayley’s siblings, hosted the taping in her museum of Mennonite history.—
Brandy Zadrozny,
NBC news,
4 June 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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But skeptics say that without the original document, the story is unprovable.—
Virginia Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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“Unsustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsustainable. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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