sustainable1Ableto bemaintainedat a certain rate or level: sustainableeconomicgrowthMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES 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. GET MORE EXAMPLES1.1Conservinganecologicalbalance byavoiding depletionofnatural resources:ourfundamentalcommitmentto sustainable developmentMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES 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! GET MORE EXAMPLES2Ableto beupheldordefended:sustainabledefinitionsof goodeducationalpracticeMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES 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.

depletionnoun[MASS NOUN]Reduction in the number or quantity of something:the depletion of theozone layerMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES Responding to major depletions of marine fish populations and other wildlife killed in the process of fishing, marine conservation groups became a force in national and international environmental policy. The ship's refrigeration and air conditioning plants are designed to achieve no ozone depletion. To get back to what I said earlier about the depletion of the national sheep flock, I have one or two more instances to highlight.conserveverb[WITH OBJECT]1Protect(something, especially something of environmentalorculturalimportance) fromharmordestruction:thefundsraised willhelpconserveendangeredmeadowlandsMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES Our psychophysical health is strictly dependent on the environment, hence the importance to protect and conserve it. He explained that conservation farming was what the farmers needed because that way they would learn the importance of conserving the environment and concentrate on improving the soils that had lost fertility. Most of the Northern Iberian breeds are in high risk of extinction and are conserved in environmentally protected rural areas of Spain and Portugal. GET MORE EXAMPLES1.1Preventthewastefuloveruseof (aresource):industryshould conserve more waterMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES We just need to conserve the water resources, because if we don't, sooner or later we will run up against a capacity problem, he said. The government also needs to focus on types of housing which conserve resources, particularly water, he said. They were taken around different micro watershed areas, sholas and grasslands and shown the steps being taken by the Forest Department to conserve water resources. GET MORE EXAMPLESSYNONYMS1.2PhysicsMaintain(a quantity such asenergy) at aconstantoveralltotal:themomentumof a system is conserved unless an externalforce acts on itMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES Any isolated system will conserve total momentum. Similarly, the laws of physics do not depend on the time at which they are determined, a symmetry which has the consequence that energy is conserved. Generally, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, so the sum of mass and energy is always conserved. GET MORE EXAMPLES

sustainable noun[MASS NOUN]Economicdevelopmentthat isconductedwithoutdepletionofresources: internationalpoliciesshouldsupportsustainable development sustainable development hasbecometheguiding themein muchenvironmentalliteratureMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES The summit hopes to reinvigorate political commitment to sustainable development. At many levels, institutions will be decisive in making sustainable development a reality. Experience has shown that poverty is no pathway to a better environment, thus economic well-being is an important foundation of sustainable development.deliberateadjectivePronunciation:/dlb()rt/1Doneconsciouslyandintentionally:a deliberateattempttoprovokeconflictMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES We have reason to believe at this point in time with the evidence through the course of the investigation this was premeditated, deliberate, intentional. He said there is no deliberate attempt to provoke feelings of isolation, but the looped video of a train constantly leaving the viewer stranded is a touch eerie. And those injuries have been inflicted with deliberate and premeditated intent. GET MORE EXAMPLESSYNONYMS2Carefulandunhurried:aconscientiousand deliberateworkerMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES We want to be very, very careful, and I have every confidence in my husband, in his administration, that they will be very careful and very deliberate over this. He is very deliberate, very careful, has a wonderful sense of humor. Recruiting teachers has become a careful and deliberate process because the reputation of the institution depends on them. GET MORE EXAMPLESSYNONYMS2.1Fully considered; notimpulsive:a deliberatedecisionMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES A deliberate decision - decided I would vote when it was voluntary. It was this committee that took the deliberate decision that the coronation of Charles II would be conducted as if the previous ten years had not happened. Only deliberate effort enables one fully to grasp the implications of such a position. GET MORE EXAMPLESverbPronunciation:/dlbret/[NO OBJECT]Back to top1Engagein long andcarefulconsideration:shedeliberated overthemenuMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES1.1[WITH OBJECT]Consider (aquestion)carefully:jurorsdeliberated thefateof thosecharged[WITH CLAUSE]:they deliberated what they should do with himMORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES Scientists are still deliberating this question. As I ran back and forth, hitting the balls he sent me, I deliberated the question - could I ethically have a different attitude toward Ben, just because he was with the girl I loved? In 1933, the Protestant Church deliberated the question of whether Christians converted from Judaism should still be allowed to belong to the Church.