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Recent Examples of nonviable
Experts who reviewed ProPublica’s data wondered if the increase in transfusions might be driven by more women experiencing complications of ectopic or molar pregnancies, rare nonviable pregnancies in which the likelihood of a blood transfusion is much higher than for a spontaneous miscarriage.
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Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 1 July 2025
These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.
—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
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Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 1 July 2025
These threats erupted after the Wall Street Journal reported on my life-threatening ectopic pregnancy—a nonviable pregnancy with no heartbeat.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviable
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Few Western democracies are willing to embrace the kind of highly restrictive model that would make circumvention nearly impossible.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
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Airbus engineers added an extra fuel tank and extended the aircraft’s range by approximately 1,000 nautical miles, allowing the planes to fly routes that were once technically impossible.—
Jake McGowan,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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But if walking was really unworkable, why was Apple Maps offering me a route?—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
11 June 2026
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The Observer previously reported the program became financially unworkable after court rulings required most citation revenue to go to schools.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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For their part, do politicians and agency leaders like it when their pet projects are assessed by intelligence as unwise or infeasible?—
Gregory F. Treverton,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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California’s experience with 2021’s Senate Bill 9, which legalized duplexes on single-family lots, showed that cities responded by adopting additional design standards and minimum lot size requirements, making many projects financially or physically infeasible.—
Christina Mojica,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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Currently, the process for obtaining data typically revolves around subscribing to APIs that charge a monthly credit card fee, and where one-off transactions are economically unviable.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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SpaceX has reduced costs from $15,600 per kilogram in 2008 to under $1,000 today, rendering most competitors unviable in the process.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The Ambriz brothers’ creative pursuit of the unpopular and the unfeasible has bonded them with Del Toro.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Once home to the annual Festival of British Eventing (declared in 2023 to be ‘unfeasible to run’ by Mark and Peter Phillips), Gatcombe has played a key part in Princess Anne’s royal career.—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Glamour,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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Steer clear of impracticable, luxurious purchases that might tempt you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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If adjudication is impracticable, a state may destroy the prize after all possible measures are taken to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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The trouble was that their official away shirts provided by Le Coq Sportif were made of a very heavy fabric, wildly impractical given the game kicked off at noon under the blazing Mexico City sun.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Those experiments were once widely dismissed as impractical, and Joby has faced similar skepticism.—
Randy Tucker,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Joining Merlin the duck in the pantheon of heart-stealers is Osito, an 8-year-old rescue poodle mix who's become an unlikely sensation after arriving at Mexico’s opening match perched on the back of a cargo bicycle, dressed in a Mexico jersey, sunglasses and a cap.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
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“Nonviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviable. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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