tenable
/ˈtɛnəb(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈtɛnəb(ə)l/
tenable
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te - nab - le -> tenable
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- ‘Mary's defence of mental disability was one that was tenable at law, if the evidence supported it.’
- ‘It was obvious that the deal was no longer tenable.’
- ‘Arguments and sentiments used in the past to justify wars are no more tenable.’
- ‘This position is, I believe, no longer tenable.’
- ‘The question is genuinely debatable, with tenable argument supporting each side.’
- ‘He rejected it emotionally, but he did not advance a single tenable argument.’
- ‘I have not found that defense to be tenable.’
- ‘It is no longer tenable to ignore substance abuse.’
- ‘It is tenable to object to embryo research on ethical grounds.’
- ‘I believe that over time that policy is going to change, because it's simply not tenable.’
- ‘The facts simply do not make out a tenable cause of action against this defendant.’
- ‘In my view, these grounds of objection are not legally tenable.’
- ‘The belief in the dignity and nobility of man no longer seemed tenable to most intellectuals.’
- ‘Coming up with a tenable power-sharing agreement will be difficult and time-consuming.’
- ‘People eventually ended up opposing the war simply because the reasons for it became less and less tenable over time.’
- ‘But in a globalized economy, old-fashioned isolationism just isn't tenable.’
- ‘Though perhaps justified in the past, this worry is no longer tenable.’
- ‘I've got to find a more tenable compromise.’
- ‘In the future, the U.S. must fix goals which are tenable.’
- ‘Some say this understanding is no longer tenable.’
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