maintainable

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Although the B-21’s flying-wing shape looks similar to that of the B-2, it has improved stealth technology and will be more supportable and maintainable than its predecessor, which has notoriously high maintenance costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

However, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea, saying it was "not maintainable in law and lacked merits on the facts of this case".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2023

This makes for a safer surface for football players, all the while keeping the more-easily maintainable turf in place for concerts or trade shows or whatever else the stadium may be used for.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Lower tax rates should enable higher wages and maintainable margins without the need to raise prices, according to Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Services in Troy, Michigan.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2018

He says,— "While slavery was supposed to be maintainable by law in Massachusetts, there was a particular temptation to Negroes for taking Indian wives, the children of Indian women being acknowledged to be free."

From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington