as in desirability
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
questioned the advisability of betting everything on the outcome of a single race
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Recent Examples of advisability
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.
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Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Bernadette Meyler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advisability
Noun
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The goal is to increase the Suede’s desirability without abandoning its sports DNA.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Third, restraint protects desirability.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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,
30 Jan. 2026
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Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Grier was explicit about the risks of forgoing process in exchange for expediency.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The excuses have more to do with political expediency and gas lobbying than reality.—
Anshul Gupta,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Advisability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advisability. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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