Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being renewable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality or state of being renewable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
renewable .
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Examples
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The new HD technologies include anti-user nasties like "renewability" -- the ability to remotely disable some or all of the device's features without your permission.
Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006
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BluRay and HD-DVD are both built around a "renewability" system that can shut down devices.
- Boing Boing 2006
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An earth friendly or green shirt gets its label depending on the renewability and source of the fibers being used, the process of how it's turned into a textile, and the material's carbon footprint, as well as the working conditions of the people producing the material.
Chloe Spencer: Saving The Planet In Style Chloe Spencer 2011
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An earth friendly or green shirt gets its label depending on the renewability and source of the fibers being used, the process of how it's turned into a textile, and the material's carbon footprint, as well as the working conditions of the people producing the material.
Chloe Spencer: Saving The Planet In Style Chloe Spencer 2011
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Qualifying insurance would be along the lines proposed by the President in his standard deduction for health insurance, including limits on out-of-pocket payments, coverage of a general range of medical care, and guaranteed renewability by the provider (Treasury 2008).
The Things Campaigns Do to You xtra 2008
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Careful harvesting had demonstrated the easy renewability of the resource, and Zenith had prospered, soon surpassing Benecia City, the original settlement, in population.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010
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Frye-Revere seemed much more comfortable with bone marrow selling leading us down a slippery-slope, whereas Childress was a bit more wary of the slippery slope but felt that bone marrow selling creates a natural halt in the slippery slope due to bone marrow's renewability.
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Under such a scheme, judicial independence would be protected by the length and non-renewability of a Justice's tenure.
Alain L. Sanders: Kagan's Nomination Shows Life Tenure is a Recipe for Partisanship 2010
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Qualifying insurance would be along the lines proposed by the President in his standard deduction for health insurance, including limits on out-of-pocket payments, coverage of a general range of medical care, and guaranteed renewability by the provider (Treasury 2008).
Archive 2008-09-01 xtra 2008
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Regardless of your economic outlook, sustainability is dependent upon, in part, resources, their renewability, and the impact on the environment.
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