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as in profitable
fit to be offered for sale
realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
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as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
trying to turn their invention into a marketable product
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Recent Examples of marketable
This framework implies that mastering a discipline is more than just acquiring a marketable skill.
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
In the mid ‘90s, South End Development Corporation makes a logo, picks a marketable name:
South End.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
This right has played an instrumental role in protecting actors, musicians and pro athletes from misappropriation of their unique and marketable personal qualities.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025
Make your own list of must-haves for a target geography, make a list of your marketable skills, and take your career abroad as an entrepreneur.
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
In the mid ‘90s, South End Development Corporation makes a logo, picks a marketable name:
South End.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
This right has played an instrumental role in protecting actors, musicians and pro athletes from misappropriation of their unique and marketable personal qualities.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025
Make your own list of must-haves for a target geography, make a list of your marketable skills, and take your career abroad as an entrepreneur.
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
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During the 1930s, the John Day Company found novels about China to be immensely profitable—but interest in such books had fallen since World War II, and the publisher urgently needed to make money.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 July 2025
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While Rocket Lab's stock is up 800% over the past year, according to Forbes, the company is not yet profitable.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Part of his job as a global upstream corporate development and strategy manager was to oversee the increase of recycled content in products like soda cans.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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An active shooter incident occurred near a corporate office building in Midtown Manhattan, New York officials said Monday afternoon, July 28 .—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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Some small businesses, particularly services businesses built around the skills or reputation of the primary owner may not be salable.—
Kristin McKenna,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Without marketing, firms would be unable to get information out necessary to make a drug salable in the first place.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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But at times, there are so many people wandering around the stage that Anatevka – Tevye’s town – feels more like a bustling commercial neighborhood than a community struggling to survive.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Generac has transferred work from Hidalgo, Mexico to the Beaver Dam plant that builds medium-size commercial generators.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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When the 21st century dawned GE was the world’s most valuable company, AOL and Yahoo were the darlings of the internet, Barron’s told us Tyco was the next GE, Enron had the smartest executives (which may have been true despite the outcome), Lucent was the future of communications, etc.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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In addition, the Dodgers would land Castro, a valuable utilityman who can play all over the field and protect them against future injuries.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Considering the price per dollar of sales or profit, ARM stock appears expensive in comparison to the broader market.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Building the infrastructure to power cloud and AI technology is expensive, and Microsoft has looked for savings elsewhere.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut.—
Ryan Dezember,
WSJ,
26 May 2021
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The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.—
Robinson Meyer,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2021
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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketable. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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