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
Restricting federal loans in this way would encourage schools to shift their curricula to favor more marketable skills.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
In reality, there turns out to be a third currency: marketable skills, like literacy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Today's high-performance EVs are few and far between, with most automakers concentrating on delivering the most marketable model.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
In reality, there turns out to be a third currency: marketable skills, like literacy.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Today's high-performance EVs are few and far between, with most automakers concentrating on delivering the most marketable model.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marketable
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About 90% of Apple’s production of the iPhone, its most profitable product, has remained in China, despite efforts to increase manufacturing elsewhere, according to financial services firm Wedbush Securities.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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By the ’90s, Oprah had built an empire out of collective catharsis—crying with guests and transforming daytime TV into the world’s most profitable therapy session.—
Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
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Lululemon—everything was just super corporate, elevated, everyone just trying so hard to find a vibe.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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Other corporate standouts were Japanese energy company Niterra’s underwater expedition that had educational mini-games alongside promotional content showcasing their latest R+D innovations, often with extensive information on digital placards.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Microsoft’s growth in that sector — turning a research project into a salable product — has fueled much of the company’s success since Nadella became CEO, CNBC reported in February 2024.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, returning director Gavin O'Connor and Affleck seem eager to take the more salable points of the character — his neuroatypical skills — and ditch the moody, dramatic parts.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Carriers transporting de minimis items, such as commercial mail agencies UPS and FedEx, must report shipment details to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the White House said April 2.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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That commercial income of £308million for 2023-24 will inevitably be higher again for this season.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The team did it without starting shooting guard Jaden Ivey and valuable role player Isaiah Stewart, who played just 19 minutes in Game 1 before right knee inflammation kept him off the court for the rest of the series.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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To help save the art form, the companies decide to swap their most valuable members for a season.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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Any remotely realistic plan for a crewed Mars mission would be far more expensive than MSR, for one thing.—
Leonard David,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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And finally, these systems can be expensive, both to purchase upfront and to maintain with specialized technical expertise and custom parts.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
8 May 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 13 May. 2025.
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