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sustainable
/səˈsteɪnəbəl/
adjective
Able to continue without damaging the environment or using up resources.
- “The company has adopted more sustainable ways of producing goods.”Toofey
- “Science can help us develop new technologies for sustainable agriculture.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)