1
as in profitable
fit to be offered for sale
realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
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as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
trying to turn their invention into a marketable product
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Recent Examples of marketable
However, these countries must tempt risk-takers, requiring marketable deals and solid assurances.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
But starting around 1910, the raw material of Pyrenean meadows, the sheep’s milk itself, became nationally marketable.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Mar. 2025
When the Meiers were appointed to the brand, Jil Sander was still struggling to find an identity as compelling — and as marketable — as the postmodern playfulness that the Belgian designer Raf Simons had displayed during his seven years as its creative director.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
But starting around 1910, the raw material of Pyrenean meadows, the sheep’s milk itself, became nationally marketable.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Mar. 2025
When the Meiers were appointed to the brand, Jil Sander was still struggling to find an identity as compelling — and as marketable — as the postmodern playfulness that the Belgian designer Raf Simons had displayed during his seven years as its creative director.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
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Ferrari has also proven itself to be profitable quarter after quarter, year after year.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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If it can be proven through existing models that yes, this type of content can be profitable, and here are examples to prove it, then funders will be less hesitant.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Those declines reflect investor concerns about the impact of multilateral tariffs on corporate profits and on the broader economy, with some analysts raising the odds of a recession.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The strategy is straightforward: invest at least $2,000 in a company's stock to gain shareholder rights, then submit resolutions pushing for corporate responsibility.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Whether the converter intends to create a rental or a condo building, if the overall structure is much wider than 60 or 65 feet, the converter may need to go to extreme measures to give the residential units enough light and air while maintaining a high ratio of salable or rentable space.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the past 10 years there’s been a lot of innovation in packaging integration, which is the final manufacturing process that transforms semiconductor devices into salable products.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2019
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The airport, located in North Bend, Ore., offers commercial air service year-round to and from San Francisco, Calif., and, seasonally, to Denver, Colo., according to the airport's description on their Facebook page.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Most organizations are in the process of converging the mobile and web experience with user login and profile journeys based on customer segments (retail, commercial and corporate).—
Balmukund Shukla,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These shoes are so highly coveted and valuable that Sotheby’s hosted an auction to sell them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Thomas was a prolific reseller of catalytic converters, which are highly valuable because they are made partially out of precious metals like platinum and palladium, which can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per ounce on the black market.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The organization then uses these funds to offer mortgage loans to more people—conventional loans—, which are usually less expensive and require lower down payments.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Imposing higher tariffs on other nations, however, is likely to make many consumer goods more expensive at a time when many Americans’ fears of a pending recession are growing.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut.—
Ryan Dezember,
WSJ,
26 May 2021
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The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.—
Robinson Meyer,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2021
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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marketable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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