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supportable

[suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-] / səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- /


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In another instance on 15 December, he said his statements "were supportable and are supportable today".

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023

In a subsequent press conference, a U.S. admiral revealed that more than 80% of those captured "terrorists" were released within weeks because there wasn't supportable evidence that they were insurgents.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022

The B-21 will also be more supportable and maintainable than its predecessor, a major point of emphasis for development given the high maintenance costs for the B-2.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2022

“We would be concerned about any supportable allegation of wrongdoing, whatever the source,” Powell wrote.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

Yet those commands, however arbitrary and unfeeling, were more supportable than those with which, after every other source of tyrannic authority had been drained, the day was ordinarily concluded.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny