as in feasibility
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences
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Recent Examples of desirability
She’s broken the barriers of price point, mission focus, and desirability in a way that no one else has.
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Laney Crowell, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Delaware's real estate market, in particular, has benefited from its appeal as a tax-friendly state and the desirability of locations like Rehoboth Beach.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Resetting strategic priorities Achieving brand desirability is only part of the picture.
—Jill Standish, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
But in the past few years, the Overton window of desirability has begun to shift.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Laney Crowell, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Delaware's real estate market, in particular, has benefited from its appeal as a tax-friendly state and the desirability of locations like Rehoboth Beach.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Resetting strategic priorities Achieving brand desirability is only part of the picture.
—Jill Standish, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
But in the past few years, the Overton window of desirability has begun to shift.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for desirability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirability
Noun
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Iran also has an elaborate set of overlapping institutions, including a consultative assembly, an assembly of experts, a guardian council, an expediency council, a judiciary, and so on.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2025
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Knowing you all are there, anonymous, in the seedy place together, can quickly endear you to other users with expediency and a total absence of shame.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But to Trump and some of his advisers, the memo had a certain expedience.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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This heady brew of commercial and geopolitical pressures is forcing TSMC executives to sign big contracts for wind and solar power, at times eschewing affordability for expedience.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Still, its roughly six-hour run time will limit its usefulness in certain scenarios.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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Some initiatives have outlived their usefulness or have led to dependency rather than the development outcomes that were intended.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Desirability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirability. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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