as in feasibility
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences
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Recent Examples of desirability
Its desirability is reflected in its housing market, where median prices typically range from $750,000 to $825,000.
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
And beyond this, times and tastes change, and this affects the desirability of certain styles.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Some companies have been suspected of bidding up their pieces to stoke demand or even buying them at exorbitant prices to create the illusion of desirability.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
One of Onofri’s tasks will be to maintain the momentum and desirability of the house built during the tenure of previous CEO Benedetta Petruzzo, who left to join Christian Dior Couture as managing director in October.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
And beyond this, times and tastes change, and this affects the desirability of certain styles.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Some companies have been suspected of bidding up their pieces to stoke demand or even buying them at exorbitant prices to create the illusion of desirability.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
One of Onofri’s tasks will be to maintain the momentum and desirability of the house built during the tenure of previous CEO Benedetta Petruzzo, who left to join Christian Dior Couture as managing director in October.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirability
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Looking ahead, the initiative is also intended to support adoption and scale by producing comparable data on material performance, commercial feasibility and barriers to growth.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Not all members of the founding generation believed in the advisability of the pardon power, and some even attempted to eliminate it preemptively from multiple levels of government.—
Bernadette Meyler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The expediency and greed of the fast-moving artificial intelligence industry are the motivators, and health and safety are no longer of paramount concern.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Still, Blackwell remained critical of the lack of expediency in freeing the men from detention.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, peace cannot be defined by those who profit from war, occupation or political expedience.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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That’s because the Fed’s credibility rests on its ability to make decisions driven by economic evidence, not political expedience.—
Joshua Stillwagon,
The Conversation,
27 Oct. 2025
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In both countries, investment outcomes depend heavily on national conditions, including the strength of capital markets, workforce, infrastructure, and the judiciousness of laws and regulations.—
SADEK WAHBA,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the lead-up to the TrumpRx launch, Democratic members of Congress questioned its usefulness and urged federal health regulators to delay its debut.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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While quantum computers continue to slowly grind towards usefulness, some are pursuing a different approach—analog quantum simulation.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Desirability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirability. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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