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Meanings of tenable in English

Based on sound reasoning or evidence.

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Usage of tenable in English
1
But a very slight change in the explanation will make it tenable.
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2
The place was not tenable at the period of his first summons.
The Life of Francis Marion
3
I tried to shift us both into a slightly more tenable position.
Woken furies
4
The following supposition is tenable, if the chronology of Foerster is correct.
Four Arthurian Romances
5
Inquiries were instituted, and showed that the hypothesis was at least tenable.
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6
There is plainly no tenable position between absolute infidelity and absolute belief.
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7
Whether his positions were tenable or flimsy, they had been openly taken.
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8
From construction, if for no other reason, this hypothesis seems perfectly tenable.
Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday
9
It's not clear how much longer those attitudes are going to remain tenable.
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10
As a result, Ince's position as manager no longer seems tenable.
The Guardian
11
As a result Hunt felt his position was no longer tenable.
The Irish Times
12
This view of the private rented sector is no longer tenable.
The Irish Times
13
It is not tenable to leave in place the system we have today.
Reuters
14
Not a naturally tenable position for a bowl of petunias, you might think.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
15
Then the simple solution, the only tenable one, occurred to him.
The Substitute Prisoner
16
That is not a tenable position, but neither is extreme selectionism.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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