feasibility

noun

1
as in possibility

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as in usefulness

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Recent Examples of feasibility The findings were based on 12 participants in a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of giving psilocybin to people with Parkinson's disease. — Will Stone, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 Construction would depend on the outcome of feasibility assessments and subsequent project approvals. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 This is the first progress announced in an early feasibility trial in humans to assess the implant’s safety, which was approved by Australian regulators in April. — Greg Uyeno, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2026 Technology stocks are also poised to slide if rates continue to climb — particularly as investors raise concerns over the feasibility of the artificial intelligence data center expansion, according to Northey. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Higher debt-servicing costs can reduce a project’s feasibility by tightening project margins. — Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Advances in semen freezing in the late 1940s greatly expanded the feasibility of artificial insemination. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 Each contestant must pitch, prototype and perfect their dream dish with their creations then stress-tested for taste, kitchen feasibility, and trialled with real customers, to win a place on the menu. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feasibility
  1. possibility
  2. usefulness
  3. viability
  4. practicality
  5. potentiality
  6. profitability
  7. reasonableness
Noun
  • This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Over the summer, Zuckerberg shared with Meta advisors his plans to relocate outside California to avoid the possibility of a significant reduction in his control over the company as a result of selling enough stock to fund a 5% tax.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Their usefulness will depend on reliable navigation, robust fault responses and effective coordination between onboard systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Many conservationists argue that living species possess an inherent right to exist independent of their usefulness to human beings.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Something more than the viability of the timeline, especially since true groundbreaking isn’t expected to begin until June 2027, and beyond what other buildings in the footprint may come down … or go up.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Solomon cautioned that there might be pressure on rates as the financing needs grow, which would affect returns and the viability of certain projections.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of viability
Noun
  • View gallery - 9 images The utility knife is one of the most common tools found in daily life, but its design is usually focused only on practicality.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The high-riding EV packs everything that made the company’s super sedan so exciting, along with even more practicality.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of practicality
Noun
  • Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of potentiality
Noun
  • Amazon has a hypothetical $50 billion chip business and can offer a roadmap to immense profitability.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Southwest has pledged not to pursue growth at the expense of profitability, while United ​executives have cautioned that airlines’ published 2027 capacity plans may not materialize.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of profitability
Noun
  • The same absence of sensationalism and veneer of reasonableness applies to the world inside Osama’s home.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The instruction asks jurors to consider the reasonableness of their own opinions and others’ and to continue deliberating toward a verdict.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reasonableness

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