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supportable

[suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-] / səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- /


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Would it be constitutionally supportable, and would it be in the best interests of the country?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

It was felt that because Gabriel pushed with his head rather than struck - he did not pull his head back first and create space before driving it forward - a yellow card was supportable.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

That claim is more supportable than the thesis Mr. Scheiber draws from it, namely the college-educated working class is becoming a dynamic force for progressive social change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The court will have to search for a solution that is legally supportable, broadly acceptable to the public and minimally injurious to the court’s diminished public standing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

And as to pain too, he has certain rules to follow then: if it be great, the comfort is, that it must be short; if it be of long continuance, then it must be supportable.

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Charles Duke Yonge


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