Example Sentences

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That seems unsustainably high for companies in the very expensive business of physically manufacturing chips.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The turnover of homes would be the biggest driver for Home Depot, and right now it is unsustainably low.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

"It has been relentless for him. He is a very capable leader who has driven real change, but at some point it becomes unsustainably attritional."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Their rotation problems are giving the bullpen an unsustainably grueling workload.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

Eventually, when it became unsustainably pathetic to watch, three of us pushed him home.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson