defensible

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While the forward curve is telling them to run, “the rational response—the only financially defensible response—is to cut runs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Goldberg does not think so, arguing his firm's experience, research and technology make it defensible.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Those responses are entirely defensible in moral terms.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Investors pay premium multiples for predictable, defensible cash flows.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

The empire had defensible borders, yet the vast majority of the population couldn’t be trusted in the ranks—the Macedonians had a long-standing reluctance to arm the natives.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro