viability

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Recent Examples of viability More research is needed to ensure this benefit’s viability. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026 The company is evaluating store performance, location viability, and market conditions to determine which outlets will close, reposition the chain, and plan for future growth and innovation. Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026 The Post’s second bet is on the viability of text at a moment when fewer people are reading articles online, and as tech platforms are cannibalizing search traffic and directing users away from news. Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026 McCuan said based on polling, candidates like Thurmond and Yee with support in the low single digits may be nearing the end of their viability. Grace Hase, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for viability
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The existence of this simulator shows that the proof process does not reveal anything about the solution itself.
    Peter Hall, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The social dimension assessed the share of women on the board of directors and the existence of a human rights policy.
    TIME Staff, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • How come this outcome or set of outcomes occurred, as opposed to any other possibility?
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a possibility that Takaichi is going to move very aggressively.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While still critically endangered, the trajectory from 35 to 400 represents an extraordinary arc of survival.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Analysts say companies see this moment as key to grab AI-curious customers for their own survival.
    Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The film is set in 2029, a mere three years from now, demonstrating both an optimism about the potentiality of AI and a pessimism about the city’s trajectory.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Chopra teaches that intention in the field of pure potentiality has infinite organizing power.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario.
    Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And if department stores disappear, what happens to the designers and the brands that rely on them for distribution, credibility, and scale?
    Maura Brannigan, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Stavatti’s appearance as a potential third option, therefore, stands out in a field where credibility and production history matter deeply.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Viability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viability. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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