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adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is sustainable, it is possible to keep it going over time or for it to keep itself going.
Their small grocery store business was no longer sustainable after the big store opened across the street. |
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A sustainable way of doing something, like farming, logging, or fishing, is a way of using a necessary resource, like soil, trees, or animals, so that the resource never disappears.
Doing sustainable farming usually means that farmers regularly change what they are growing on different parts of their land, and they grow different types of crops instead of growing only one type. In this way, the soil stays rich and can keep growing more plants. |
| derivation: |
sustainability (adj.) |
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