sustainable

1Able

to be maintained at a certain rate or level: sustainable economic growth

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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.

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1.1Conserving

an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural

resources:our fundamental commitment to sustainable development

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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!

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2Able

to be upheld or defended:sustainable definitions of

good educational practice

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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.

depletion
noun
[MASS NOUN]

Reduction in the number or quantity of something: the depletion of the ozone

layer
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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.

conserve
verb
[WITH OBJECT]

1Protect

(something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance)

from harm ordestruction:the funds raised

will help conserve endangeredmeadowlands

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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.

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1.1Prevent

the wasteful overuse of (a resource):industry should conserve more

water
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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.

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SYNONYMS
1.2Physics

Maintain (a quantity such as energy) at

aconstant overall total:the momentum of a system is conserved unless an

external force acts on it

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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.

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sustainable
noun
[MASS NOUN]

Economic development that is conducted withoutdepletion of resources:

international policies should support sustainable development

sustainable development has become the guiding theme in

much environmental literature
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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.

deliberate
adjective

Pronunciation: /dlb()rt/
1Done

consciously and intentionally:a deliberate attempt to provoke conflict

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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.

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2Careful

and unhurried:a conscientious and deliberate worker

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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.

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2.1Fully

considered; not impulsive:a deliberate decision

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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.

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verb

Pronunciation: /dlbret/
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1Engage

to top

in long and careful consideration:she deliberated over the menu

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1.1[WITH OBJECT]

Consider (a question) carefully:jurors deliberated the fate of

those charged[WITH CLAUSE]: they deliberated what they should do with

him
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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.