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
Implications for the future As homebuyers understand more about a property's flood risks, that may shift the desirability of some locations over time.
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Jeremy Porter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
In a global luxury slowdown, brands managed to push fashion boundaries forward as the fashion industry needs the return of desirability, value-for-money and restoring customers’ confidence.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Carmel secured second on the list for its high desirability, value and job market scores, and Fishers scored strongly in the same categories.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 20 May 2025
Storytelling, through marketing, should honor a brand’s legacy and values while driving desirability.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Jeremy Porter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
In a global luxury slowdown, brands managed to push fashion boundaries forward as the fashion industry needs the return of desirability, value-for-money and restoring customers’ confidence.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Carmel secured second on the list for its high desirability, value and job market scores, and Fishers scored strongly in the same categories.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 20 May 2025
Storytelling, through marketing, should honor a brand’s legacy and values while driving desirability.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirability
Noun
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One way to view this two-party interest is expediency — each side, at one time or another, believed the other had more figures on whatever list probably doesn’t exist.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 July 2025
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The film sticks to Rumi as the lead for expediency, giving Mira and Zoey short shrift storyline wise, while also not digging nearly enough into the resentment Rumi feels towards former hunter and surrogate mother figure Celine (Yunjin Kim).—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
11 July 2025
Noun
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There is less the actors can do about the script’s overreliance on Wikipedia dramaturgy, that bald expedience in which facts deemed useful to the story are only partly digested as dialogue.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Companies that bend to short-term political expedience may end up regretting it when the winds inevitably change again.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Batteries Improve Usefulness Of Wind, Solar Simply, wind is cheap and as battery storage improves, so does its usefulness.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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These products also have much more evidence of their usefulness in skin care.—
Health,
Health,
14 July 2025
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“Desirability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirability. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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