supportable

Example Sentences

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Referee Oliver produced a yellow card, which would be supportable because the point of contact on Doku was very low, on the boot.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

That claim is more supportable than the thesis Mr. Scheiber draws from it, namely the college-educated working class is becoming a dynamic force for progressive social change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

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

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

After the life I had led at Basra, I thought it better to leave that place, for it seemed to me my misery would be more supportable among strangers.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia