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Recent Examples of nonviable
These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Thus, access to some of the most effective contraceptive methods could be jeopardized at a time when the right to terminate an unintended or nonviable pregnancy has been rolled back in much of the country.
—Carol S. Weisman, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
The pregnancy is nonviable, and can be life-threatening if not removed.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025
But if a planning pause was also directed, that could cause offensive options to become stale and therefore nonviable.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Thus, access to some of the most effective contraceptive methods could be jeopardized at a time when the right to terminate an unintended or nonviable pregnancy has been rolled back in much of the country.
—Carol S. Weisman, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
The pregnancy is nonviable, and can be life-threatening if not removed.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 June 2025
But if a planning pause was also directed, that could cause offensive options to become stale and therefore nonviable.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nonviable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviable
Adjective
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What had been absurdly labeled impossible suddenly was proven to be very doable.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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In a sense, the quark-gluon plasma seems impossible.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Other Republicans have rejected several Democratic requests as unrealistic or unworkable.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department argued in a reply filed Sunday that the stay should remain in place, calling the injunction unworkable and overly broad.—
Steve Karnowski,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And, in the hands of an experienced journalist, these data tools can help with projects that would have been infeasible even in the heyday of the business.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 Dec. 2025
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Before the City Council approved the changes on Tuesday, the only path forward for incompatible projects was through a hardship waiver that showed rehabilitation was technically, structurally or economically infeasible.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The losses and damages from extreme weather events are mounting to the point that major reinsurers now warn that entire economic models may become unviable if climate risks continue to rise unchecked.—
Sir David King,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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One of Debbie’s cousins and her husband drove to Kentucky from the Chicago area to take the test, which came back unviable.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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DeForest officials deemed a project unfeasible due to a large land annexation requirement.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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GLP-1s work well for some people may not be that effective for others, or may come with side effects or costs that make taking them unfeasible, says Zumpano.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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One is a single state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews, which would be wonderful but is simply impracticable given attitudes on both sides.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Along with complaints about the building’s size, the Geffen Galleries’ heavy use of concrete had been criticized as an impractical choice for hanging art.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Erdoğan’s speeches are full of practical advice about how to destroy the left, such as calling progressives lazy, impractical alcoholics funded by globalist lobbies and contrasting the efficiency of an imperial president with the messiness of parliamentary policymaking.—
Kaya Genç,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To seat a jury of eight with four alternates, the defense notes, the court must qualify at least 43 jurors, something attorneys argue is unlikely given the number of disqualifications already identified.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Hanceville, home to around 3,000 people, is now the unlikely site of a bold experiment in American policing.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Nonviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviable. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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