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Recent Examples of unsustainable
The reduced supply is becoming unsustainable for ranchers.
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 4 June 2026
Bilton and Weiss felt Pelley had created an unsustainable working environment.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 June 2026
In San Diego, workforce costs have grown far faster than both inflation and city revenues — an unsustainable trajectory the city can no longer afford.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
Meaning, are companies seeing incredible profits from AI that will ultimately prove unsustainable?
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 June 2026
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Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 4 June 2026
Bilton and Weiss felt Pelley had created an unsustainable working environment.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 June 2026
In San Diego, workforce costs have grown far faster than both inflation and city revenues — an unsustainable trajectory the city can no longer afford.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
Meaning, are companies seeing incredible profits from AI that will ultimately prove unsustainable?
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsustainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsustainable
Adjective
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Currah’s opinion piece is wrong on the facts, the law, and the science, and reaches unsupportable conclusions.—
Paisley Currah,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
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The venerable but troubled outlet has been for sale since its previous owners ran up unsupportable debts and were removed in 2023.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even if my archive was unverifiable or incongruous, the hazy, contradictory landscape of Goodman’s life was the truth of her existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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But MetroCard and cash payments were unverifiable for the teams, which are equipped with handheld readers that can ascertain whether an OMNY card, bank card or smartphone has recently been used to pay a fare.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His first incompleteness theorem states that there are necessarily unprovable statements in all sufficiently strong, contradiction-free systems.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026
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His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
18 May 2026
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“Unsustainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsustainable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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