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Sustainable Sustainability Level Sustainably System Adjective Describe Natural

word sustainable
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adjective
You use sustainable to describe the use of natural resources when this use is kept at a steady level that is not likely to damage the environment .
...the management, conservation and sustainable development of forests.
Try to buy wood that you know has come from a sustainable source.
...the growing concern about environmental sustainability.
It wants timber to come, where possible, from sustainably managed sources.
A sustainable plan, method, or system is designed to continue at the same rate or level of activity without any problems .
The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
...a sustainable recovery in consumer spending.
...doubts about the sustainability of the current economic expansion.
inflections sustainabilitysustainablysustainability
cefr-level B2

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