defensible

Example Sentences

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“What are the plans for helping people through this season and the next season while we’re waiting to have widespread defensible space implementation?”

From Los Angeles Times

I think preferences for skilled immigrants are entirely defensible.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s a defensible aesthetic, or at any rate it has been defended.

From New York Times

That looked like a move towards a more defensible position in the face of criticism of the deal from dissenting voices, some of which are inside his own party.

From BBC

“We can do that here with suburban conflagration,” Cope said, by protecting homes from blowing embers using fire-resistant roofs and gutters and taking other basic steps like keeping defensible space around a home.

From Seattle Times