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
Kushner said the success or failure of the Gaza peace deal would depend on whether Israel and the international mechanism could create a viable alternative to Hamas.
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Mariam Khan, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
That shortage of seasoned professionals has left SMEs with few viable successors or external managers, deepening today's succession and leadership crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Only Buster Posey could pull this off There are plenty of reasons that D-I coaches haven’t been viewed as viable major-league managerial candidates.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
McCoy will have 11 games to prove himself to ownership as a viable candidate to succeed Callahan.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Mariam Khan, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
That shortage of seasoned professionals has left SMEs with few viable successors or external managers, deepening today's succession and leadership crisis.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
Only Buster Posey could pull this off There are plenty of reasons that D-I coaches haven’t been viewed as viable major-league managerial candidates.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
McCoy will have 11 games to prove himself to ownership as a viable candidate to succeed Callahan.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viable
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The materials used, PPy, PSS, and simple solvents, are inexpensive, and fabrication requires only basic voltage control and laser patterning, making large-scale production feasible.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Flexibility where feasible, paid time off for symptom flare days, and practical measures like temperature control and quiet rest areas reduce the friction that turns symptoms into lost days.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Danny Wu, Canva’s head of AI products, said the goal wasn’t to replace real photography, but to make high quality imagery attainable to everyone no matter the budget or location.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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The question of whether the American Dream is still attainable echoed through the night, including at the show’s afterparty at the Metropolitan Opera House.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Viable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viable. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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