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supportable

suh pawr tuh buhl

  • s  capable of being borne though unpleasant

  • A certain amount of unemployment, say from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000, is supportable.
  • A small amount of lead shielding would reduce the dose to a supportable level.
  • In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.
News & Articles

  • Apple Is Valued at $440 For Each Of Its Users
    Horace Dediu has an interesting little speculation about Apple's numbers over here. There's always going to be a number of assumptions in any playing around like this and some of those assumptions will be supportable, others less so. The general result is that the market is valuing Apple at about $440 for each user of Apple equipment. While I doubt that's exactly right (see above about ...
    June 15, 2013 - Forbes
Quotes

  • Anthony Kennedy in Scienceline (blog)
    Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the 5-4 majority that outlawed the execution of anyone under 18 in 2005, wrote that "it is less supportable to conclude that even a heinous crime committed by a juvenile is evidence of irretrievably...
  • Donald Rumsfeld in FOXNews
    There's a discussion and debate taking place as to what the implications might be and what is supportable and what is not,Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said. "But the fact of the matter is the president from the outset has said that...
  • Dalton McGuinty in Toronto Star
    We're supportive of that when it becomes our airports, our Legislature and our courthouses and I think for a time-limited purpose it's also supportable here,McGuinty said Friday.

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