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as in commercial
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale
an item that would be too expensive to produce, and attractive to too few people, to ever be considered a salable commodity
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as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale
the car has to be put in better condition before it will be at all salable
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Recent Examples of salable
Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
One of its most salable assets, the energetic left back Ian Maatsen, is actually on loan from Chelsea.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
One of its most salable assets, the energetic left back Ian Maatsen, is actually on loan from Chelsea.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
Adjective
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In recent national headlines were a fatal crash of a tour helicopter in New York, a small plane that crashed in Florida and two commercial jets that clipped wings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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That includes the opinion of an external specialist who will have a view, the league’s Databank (a system that includes all the information relating to the clubs’ commercial deals and player transfers) and the information Chelsea submit to the league as part of the transaction.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Skills And Bills Invest in skills that keep you marketable, like data analysis or digital marketing.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Restricting federal loans in this way would encourage schools to shift their curricula to favor more marketable skills.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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Well, unfortunately, division is very profitable in America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
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During the pandemic, Roman started his most dominate run: A game-changing era as champion that lasted 1,316 days and anchored WWE to their most profitable time ever.—
Shaheem Reid,
Variety,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salable. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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