supportable
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Would it be constitutionally supportable, and would it be in the best interests of the country?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was felt that because Gabriel pushed with his head rather than struck - he did not pull his head back first and create space before driving it forward - a yellow card was supportable.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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
The court will have to search for a solution that is legally supportable, broadly acceptable to the public and minimally injurious to the court’s diminished public standing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The officer blessed his stars that he had enough to live upon, and that he was now quitting a service which, having lost its brightest ornament, was no longer interesting or supportable.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Edward Stanley
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