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Recent Examples of unviable
Some want to see basic protections for contraception and in-vitro fertilization treatments codified into law, or more authority given to physicians to care for women with unviable pregnancies.
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Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The design would make the street unviable for the large floats and processions featured in the parade.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
As land, water and energy demands tighten — and as climate disruptions multiply — resource-intensive food systems may simply become unviable at scale.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
March 04, 2025 12:00 PM Read Next Business Boise-area developer scraps ‘economically unviable’ apartments.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The design would make the street unviable for the large floats and processions featured in the parade.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
As land, water and energy demands tighten — and as climate disruptions multiply — resource-intensive food systems may simply become unviable at scale.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
March 04, 2025 12:00 PM Read Next Business Boise-area developer scraps ‘economically unviable’ apartments.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unviable
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Humanity Protocol, valued at over a billion dollars, uses palm scans to confirm identity so impersonation becomes almost impossible.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That suggests 2014 may have been a tipping point beyond which returning to normal wet-dry cycles may be impossible on human timescales.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Last month, the American-Statesman was first to report that the city and APD were preparing to launch a phased reopening — a move that APD had deemed unfeasible just a few years ago under prior leadership.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Although the monarch had hoped for an informal summer meeting at Balmoral or Dumfries House, logistical issues made that gathering unfeasible.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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But as the demonstration began to wind down, police and protest organizers sparred over the number of arrests as the organizers sought to show that the law was unworkable.—
Danica Kirka,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
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Taxpayers can’t help but notice when astronauts are stranded in space, faulty planes are cleared to fly and the student-loan system becomes all but unworkable.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2025
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Through these challenges, the real estate developer is gaining expertise to build a diverse portfolio that was infeasible as a startup.—
Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Without centralized enforcement, protocols rely on economic incentives to promote honest behavior, making deviations either economically infeasible or less attractive.—
Ali Faizan Rizvi,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Few school districts will be able to afford costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to administering impracticable notice and opt-out systems for individual students.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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But his chairman had requested the impracticable.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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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.—
Andrea Suozzo,
ProPublica,
1 July 2025
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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
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In short, in some situations, meeting legal requirements and deploying a drone in advance is impractical and could actually result in a delay in law enforcement response.—
Steve Robson,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Researchers note that due to terrain and cost challenges, large-scale machines are often impractical, prompting research into compact, robotic pruning solutions.—
Jill Barth,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Any appeal by Patterson was unlikely to succeed, though it could not be ruled out, Beale said on Friday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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Are there case of Legionnaires' disease in Michigan? Because Legionnaires' disease is not transmissible from person to person, the New York City cluster is unlikely to become a regional epidemic that would spread into neighboring states.—
Juan Carlos Castillo,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Unviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unviable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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