defensible

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Analyst Omair Sharif of Inflation Insights wrote that the decision was defensible because the PPI’s legal-services price data are less volatile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Those responses are entirely defensible in moral terms.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

A documented roof upgrade or defensible space should directly affect underwriting and pricing because verified mitigation lowers both risk and cost.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Practices such as slavery that once had been considered acceptable were no longer morally defensible.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French