defensible

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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

He said the script was "very defensible" and the phone contract comparison was "fair", since the script was designed to meet teenagers "at their level of understanding".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

“The combination of AI compute/networking exposure, expanding earnings power over time, and defensible technology gives us confidence in AVGO’s business and financial model,” the Oppenheimer analysts wrote, reiterating an Outperform rating.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 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