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Sustainability (noun)
sustainability [ suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee ]


noun
1. the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.

2. Environmental Science. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance: The committee is developing sustainability standards for products that use energy.

Origin: sustain + -ability

HOW TO USE SUSTAINABILITY IN A SENTENCE
I think we’ve been okay at bringing women and minorities into the firm, but I don’t think we’ve created the environment that creates the sustainability of them wanting to be there.
CITIGROUP NAMES JANE FRASER CEO, SHATTERING WALL STREET’S GLASS CEILING|MARIA ASPAN|SEPTEMBER 10, 2020|FORTUNE

She studies sustainability — how to use resources so they are available in the future — at Arizona State University in Tempe.
A SINGLE CHEMICAL MAY DRAW LONELY LOCUSTS INTO A HUNGRY SWARM|JONATHAN LAMBERT|SEPTEMBER 7, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

Solarpunk is gorgeous by most measures and serves as an umbrella term for an aesthetic and ideology that emphasizes biomimicry, greenery, and mind-blowing architectonic structures built to enable sustainability and self-sufficiency.
SOLARPUNK IS GROWING A GORGEOUS NEW WORLD IN THE CRACKS OF THE OLD ONE|CARIN ISM|SEPTEMBER 6, 2020|SINGULARITY HUB

Thrilling recently launched a collaboration with Banana Republic to promote sustainability in fashion.
THE CEO STRIVING TO MAKE VINTAGE, SECONDHAND CLOTHING AS POPULAR AS FAST FASHION|RACHEL KING|SEPTEMBER 6, 2020|FORTUNE

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