as in possible
capable of being done or carried out
more research will be required to see if this is a viable solution
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Recent Examples of viable
No knight in shining armor appeared – Macron is now on his seventh prime minister, so viable candidates are getting harder to find.
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
EchoStar and Dish now control that spectrum and are making a run at becoming a viable fourth provider of wireless services.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Chinese companies did not create a viable competitor until the release of DeepSeek’s R1 open source model earlier this year.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Jhonatan’s story echoes that of many Colombian fighters, driven by a sense of duty, but shaped principally by economic insecurity that makes enlisting abroad a more viable and lucrative option.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
EchoStar and Dish now control that spectrum and are making a run at becoming a viable fourth provider of wireless services.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Chinese companies did not create a viable competitor until the release of DeepSeek’s R1 open source model earlier this year.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Jhonatan’s story echoes that of many Colombian fighters, driven by a sense of duty, but shaped principally by economic insecurity that makes enlisting abroad a more viable and lucrative option.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viable
Adjective
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The shift has profound implications in House districts across the country, seeping into Democratic primaries as a possible liability for more centrist members.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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New downloads of Weather are no longer possible on Wear OS 6 devices from third-party manufacturers, such as Samsung, OnePlus and others.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those images of parents and kids in the kitchen made the goal feel achievable.—
Kristine Johnson,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Set concrete and achievable goals, such as walking after lunch two days this week.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When feasible, maintain a sense of humor and perspective.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Skarin said that isn’t feasible because the animals eat on the move and the relocation would deny them food to be grazed while walking from one area to another.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yet the rising cost of higher education has made this dream less attainable—and perhaps less beneficial than many assume.—
Joyce Marter,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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But even that expectation is shifting, as the financial anxiety of a less attainable American Dream is causing many to delay or forego having children.—
Alice Lassman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Viable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viable. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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