How to Use viability in a Sentence

viability

noun
  • Yokoi had doubts about the commercial viability of the VR32 in its state at the time.
    Benj Edwards and Jose Zagal, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024
  • Raney and Garg say PG&E was key to the financial viability of the project.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • But doubts have been raised about the town’s long-term viability.
    Eli Tan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Duct tape was integral to the viability of the car, which was packed with the friends on the other side of the license statistic.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And her glimpse of the Mythosaur seems to have changed her thinking about the viability of reclaiming Mandalore, and/or about the worth of the Watch’s stricter old-school ways.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
  • But the documents also show that questions were raised about the viability and wisdom of the project over the years.
    Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Democrats said that Biden would have to prove his viability.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 27 July 2024
  • All those things have a very real impact on the viability of the IPO market.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Rolling Loud’s gamble that West can still draw crowds will be a test of his viability as a touring act.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • So farmers are finding new ways to care for and harvest the crop, and maintain its viability in a warmer world.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The three teams plan to launch their satellites in 2025 to test the technology’s viability in space.
    IEEE Spectrum, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The patient dropped them to the ground, ending their viability.
    USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The goal is to demonstrate the viability of its design and the molten salt technology.
    Will Wade, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Then again, experts warn that the viability of back sleeping depends on the firmness of the mattress.
    Brianna Kamienski, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Then again, experts warn that the viability of back sleeping depends on the firmness of the mattress.
    Brianna Kamienski, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • This line up was a convincing demonstration of the designer’s range and of the viability of Stem as a brand.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
  • And a growing number of Democrats have called on Biden to withdraw from the race as questions about his age and viability persist.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • Wyoming law allowed the procedure until viability — around 24 weeks of pregnancy — in line with the laws in some of the bluest states.
    Kate Zernike, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Even Cox, who is 59 years old, questioned the viability of the pregnancy –– if only for a moment.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Left unanswered were questions about the major league viability of a 25-year-old minor league site.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, the past 35-plus days have been filled with questions about the sport's viability in the wake of several equine fatalities on this huge stage.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 11 June 2023
  • And that certainly has an impact on the future viability of the oil sector.
    Andrew Murray, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The point of fetal viability is believed to be around 23-24 weeks of pregnancy.
    Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
  • That was the 81-year-old Biden’s last L.A. visit before the viability of his candidacy before a crisis for the Dems.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
  • And after that point, though, there was a law passed in Mississippi on viability at 16 weeks.
    NBC News, 8 May 2022
  • And bringing it back home, in my lay man’s opinion, has shown real viability.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
  • With the help of machine learning, the authors were able to decorate a cookie with chocolate syrup to demonstrate the viability of their new approach.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
  • As the viability of Carter’s task force gets threatened, the group’s members lash out… which results in some potentially bad news for Diana and Tariq, too.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Reaching that number was seen as key to ensuring the project’s long-term viability.
    WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Plans are rated on four factors: performance, ease of use, savings success — which takes a plan’s fees and other features into account — and program delivery, which considers a program’s longer-term viability.
    Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024

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