sustainable
/səˈsteɪnəb(ə)l
/adjective
1Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level: sustainable economic growth...
- Monetary policy alone cannot achieve high and sustainable rates of economic growth.
- The challenge for any developing country lies in achieving a level of sustainable economic growth.
- The Treasury report, in my view, is overly optimistic about the impact of tax rates on sustainable economic growth.
1.1Conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources: our fundamental commitment to sustainable development...
- Equitable and sustainable development presumes that the natural resources will be used.
- And we've got to deal with the environment, get a sustainable development running in this country.
- It is time to envision and design the plane of sustainable agriculture and dream of it really flying!
2Able to be upheld or defended: sustainable definitions of good educational practice...
- As the Auction example suggests, and as follows almost directly from the definitions, sustainable actions are rational.
- Let's fill the space with calm and reasoned debate about what is a sensible and sustainable strategy.
- Our company is reasonable on sustainable grounds.
- liberty man
- liberty of the subject
- Liberty Party
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- Liberty print
- Liberty ship
- Liberty, Statue of
- Liberty style
- liberty ticket
- liberty tree
- Liberty Volunteers
- liberum arbitrium
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