defensible

Example Sentences

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For a pitcher under contract to the Dodgers through 2035, it is certainly defensible in the short and the long term.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

For Nebius, Liani believes the company’s distributed virtualization layer, which connects GPUs across multiple locations to create a unified cluster, is a “structural long-term differentiator and one of the company’s most defensible advantages.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 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 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