as in possible
capable of being done or carried out
more research will be required to see if this is a viable solution
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Recent Examples of viable
Its low-earth-orbit satellite network delivers lower latency than traditional satellite providers, making remote work, online school and video calls more viable for rural users.
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Since February, the small staff supporting PRO have extended their commitment to the project one month at a time, expecting that either donations would dry up or projects would no longer be viable.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
No other pass catcher has emerged as a viable weapon for Stafford and the offense.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Doses are typically measured in colony-forming units (CFUs), which represents the number of viable (live) cells available.
—Kirstyn Hill, Health, 27 Oct. 2025
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Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Since February, the small staff supporting PRO have extended their commitment to the project one month at a time, expecting that either donations would dry up or projects would no longer be viable.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
No other pass catcher has emerged as a viable weapon for Stafford and the offense.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Doses are typically measured in colony-forming units (CFUs), which represents the number of viable (live) cells available.
—Kirstyn Hill, Health, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viable
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Having initially faced 20 years in jail, the additional indictments raised his possible jail term to 45 years, with a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each restaurant in Jefferson County is scored out of a possible 100 points.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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This is at least a factor of a few thousand below the Planck scale, but tens of millions of times greater than the maximum energies achievable at the Large Hadron Collider.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of companies are now competing to make the world’s first viable humanoid robot, convinced that recent advances in AI have made what was once a pipe dream into achievable reality.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The idea has recently gained traction as advances in precision measurement make such tests experimentally feasible.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The latter sound more feasible for you?—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Reuters previously reported, Musk could still score tens of billions of dollars without meeting most of the targets laid out for him by the Tesla board, collecting more than $50 billion just by hitting a handful of attainable goals.—
Chris Eudaily,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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As Overland Park anticipates an increase of 10,000 residents in the next decade, issues such as rising home prices, attainable housing, and development remain central topics in this year’s city council race.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Viable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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