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as in justifiable
capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack
are there ever circumstances where laws that restrict a person's freedom of speech are supportable?
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as in endurable
capable of being endured
her beloved cat had been rescued from the burning house, making her other losses at least supportable
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as in verifiable
capable of being proven as true or real
the news editor simply assumed the facts of the story were supportable and did not assign it to a fact checker
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Recent Examples of supportable
Claims about artificial intelligence must be technically accurate, operationally supportable, and consistent with the company’s financial results.
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Perrie M. Weiner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Perrie M. Weiner, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supportable
Adjective
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And there may be perfectly justifiable reasons.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Fort Worth police have determined that an April 30 road rage shooting that killed a man in northwest Fort Worth was a justifiable homicide, according to online records.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The former, which would prohibit defense contractors from using Claude in their government workflows, was annoying for Anthropic, but endurable.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Every delegation from a human to an agent, or from an agent to a subagent, must now be recorded as a distinct, cryptographically verifiable relationship, creating what amounts to a dynamic and auditable chain of command.—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Two Chinese defense companies have issued vague statements that together point to a possible new long-distance shooting record, although neither has provided technical specifications or independently verifiable data.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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As part of the hotel’s social-impact aims, the rattan icebox and garbage bins were crafted by Burmese artisans who work with Kalinko, a social enterprise that creates handmade, sustainable products using traditional techniques.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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The 3500 program aligns with ongoing industry efforts to develop more efficient private and business jets amid rising demand for sustainable aviation.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Cekada is only the third person to be confirmed to lead the agency since the director's position was made confirmable in 2006.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2026
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Cekada is only the third person to be confirmed to lead the agency since the director’s position was made confirmable in 2006.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The question is whether the harm is demonstrable, measurable, and unaddressed by existing law.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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But Hadler does not believe that fibromyalgia should be classified as a disease in the traditional biomedical sense, because medicine has yet to identify a discrete, demonstrable pathophysiological process underlying it.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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At best, empirical work in economics or management consulting could identify and address social problems rather than merely justify boss power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Brosy says the empirical evidence from cities like Vancouver and Paris backs up that view.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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“Supportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supportable. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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