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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviable
Adjective
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In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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As a skilled legal advocate, Andrew is known for listening first, acting with purpose, and guiding others through systems that often feel impossible to navigate.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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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
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Trying to fix the retirement program is infeasible.—
Ramesh Ponnuru,
Washington Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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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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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
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However, semiconductor analysts broadly agree with Cheng’s assessment that Washington’s most ambitious onshoring plans are unfeasible, citing the difficulties of relocating such an advanced supply chain.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Republicans have dismissed the idea as unfeasible.—
Sophie Brams,
The Hill,
9 Feb. 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
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But this season, the looks that made the highest impact eschewed function for jaw-dropping, delightfully impractical looks.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Testers found the concept impractical due to clothing sleeves and the difficulty of capturing usable camera angles from the wrist.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Rufe said the federal government was unlikely to succeed at trial.—
TASSANEE VEJPONGSA,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even if a blockade in the Strait remains unlikely, disruption caused by a US attack could nevertheless send oil prices even higher, above their the recent gains – perhaps by another $10 a barrel, Tuttle said.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Nonviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviable. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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