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  • adverb In a sustainable manner.

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sustainable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Specifically brazil nuts, which the Indians gathered sustainably from the forest and which when crushed produce a brilliant oil for moisturizing and conditioning.

    An Interview with Anita Roddick, founder of The Body SHop 2010

  • Conservatives are not anti Union they recognise that this Pandoras box cannot be shut and the only way to retain the union sustainably is to evolve into a loose federation with all countries meeting independently and equally.

    Archive 2007-01-14 Newmania 2007

  • Conservatives are not anti Union they recognise that this Pandoras box cannot be shut and the only way to retain the union sustainably is to evolve into a loose federation with all countries meeting independently and equally.

    All Aboard The Lying scotsman Newmania 2007

  • Rice, today the chief economist of Conservation International, concluded that pushing timber companies to log "sustainably" couldn't work.

    The Green Land Grab 2007

  • I'm all for recognizing the efforts of individuals and organizations who are doing the right thing, and I do recognize that the designers probably incorporated more green strategies than the shading, cogeneration, and use of 'sustainably' harvested Chinese lumber referenced in the story.

    The Greenwash Brigade: November 2007 Archives 2007

  • We need to drop this flawed notion that any number of people can live in any region "sustainably" if they simply begin to deplete their resources or those imported from another region at a slightly slower rate.

    Las Vegas' new City Center: greenwashed or not? | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media 2007

  • We need to drop this flawed notion that any number of people can live in any region "sustainably" if they simply begin to deplete their resources or those imported from another region at a slightly slower rate.

    The Greenwash Brigade: November 2007 Archives 2007

  • I'm all for recognizing the efforts of individuals and organizations who are doing the right thing, and I do recognize that the designers probably incorporated more green strategies than the shading, cogeneration, and use of 'sustainably' harvested Chinese lumber referenced in the story.

    Las Vegas' new City Center: greenwashed or not? | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media 2007

  • Meanwhile, Shore Capital's Darren Shirley says he wants to see EBITDA rise "sustainably" and for "cash cover to build" before the stockbroker "gets behind the dividend stream argument".

    Daily food news and comment - from just-food.com 2010

  • The key word "sustainably" may allow the principle to hold, but show me a sustainable capital gain and I'll show you a will-o-the-wisp.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By TIM HUNTER 2010

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