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  • adjective Able to be renewed or replenished.

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  • With the completion date of any Iranian nuclear reactor network decades away, Tehran may have other pressing reasons to look for replenishable ore supplies, said Fitzpatrick, now head of nonproliferation for the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.

    AP: Iran expands its hunt for uranium 2011

  • While most items called natural resources cannot be increased easily, the resource called human capital is relatively replenishable and increasable.

    Demographics of the Oligarchs, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Metals, gems, and minerals—and their organic cousins petroleum and coal—are basically nonrenewable, unlike trees (renewable, as long as our rate of replanting is faster than our rate of use) or water (replenishable, which means a resource at risk of being depleted, but which can be restored in a healthy ecosystem over time).

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • Metals, gems, and minerals—and their organic cousins petroleum and coal—are basically nonrenewable, unlike trees (renewable, as long as our rate of replanting is faster than our rate of use) or water (replenishable, which means a resource at risk of being depleted, but which can be restored in a healthy ecosystem over time).

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk -- replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of -- is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

    Ten Questions For Mark Cuban Forbes staff 2010

  • Metals, gems, and minerals—and their organic cousins petroleum and coal—are basically nonrenewable, unlike trees (renewable, as long as our rate of replanting is faster than our rate of use) or water (replenishable, which means a resource at risk of being depleted, but which can be restored in a healthy ecosystem over time).

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • Metals, gems, and minerals—and their organic cousins petroleum and coal—are basically nonrenewable, unlike trees (renewable, as long as our rate of replanting is faster than our rate of use) or water (replenishable, which means a resource at risk of being depleted, but which can be restored in a healthy ecosystem over time).

    THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010

  • The crux of the argument appears to be that bone marrow is a replenishable substance like blood but is treated like a finite organ under the law for no good reason.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Jeff Rowes Guest-Blogging This Week on the Bone Marrow Compensation Case 2009

  • Those policy arguments are indeed much less strong when talking about replenishable substances like blood and indeed bone marrow.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Jeff Rowes Guest-Blogging This Week on the Bone Marrow Compensation Case 2009

  • This report stated that the “term ‘human organ’ is not intended to include replenishable tissues such as blood or sperm.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: History of NOTA 2009

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