The phrase "arguably defensible" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a position, argument, or viewpoint that can be justified or supported, even if there may be counterarguments.
Example: "The decision to implement the new policy is arguably defensible given the current economic climate."
Alternatives: "potentially justifiable" or "possibly supportable."
The choices motivated by the resulting association illustrate that it is easy to bias results with arguably legitimate methods using defensible cutoffs (i.e., cutoffs that would be legitimate if they were chosen for a reason other than data mining) [ 4].
But he has allowed the Republicans to turn a very defensible military action — arguably, our only current military engagement that seems to make any sense — into an attack on the Obama administration for abuse of executive power.
But he was one, and moreover one whose political ideals are arguably more admirable, theoretical stances more defensible, and thematic emphases of more enduring relevance than those of any other German philosopher of the period.
Arguably, only answer 1 is not defensible from the perspective of a novice biologist.
Barring gay marriage but providing civil unions is not the balance I would choose, but it is a defensible balance to strike, one that arguably takes "a cautious approach to making such a significant change to the institution of marriage" (as the lawyers defending Proposition 8 write in one of their briefs) while going a long way toward meeting gay couples' needs.
The Watchung Mountains are arguably the reason that Washington won the war, a place where he was in defensible striking distance of the British headquarters on Manhattan Island, a place with streams strong enough to run mills, with wood for fuel and shelter, with access to ore.
Arguably, everything else I mention from here on can be replicated, but those combined with this is what makes Twitter defensible.
Were our actions defensible?
This reluctance is defensible.
