maintain
verb (used with object)
maintainable
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a word derived from
maintain.
Example Sentences
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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
This makes for a safer surface for football players, all the while keeping the more-easily maintainable turf in place for concerts or trade shows or whatever else the stadium may be used for.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
Lower tax rates should enable higher wages and maintainable margins without the need to raise prices, according to Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Services in Troy, Michigan.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2018
The state of Georgia was willing to take it over and have Bob reduce it to nine safe, maintainable holes, along with a first-rate practice facility and learning academy.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 21, 2016
The absolutists, who affirm that they can judge of the beautiful, are right; but the theory on which they found their affirmation is not maintainable.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
