feasibility

noun

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as in possibility

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as in usefulness

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Recent Examples of feasibility While the White House agreed in July to grant Ukraine a license to build Patriots, manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are stalling a joint-production deal as executives weigh feasibility and licensing hits red tape, DefenseNews reported. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Key Questions Still, questions remain about the cost and feasibility of producing such bespoke cancer treatments at scale. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Sixth District Councilman Johnathan Duncan, who has often questioned the feasibility of the project, said the City Council was supposed to receive a third-party financial analysis report on how the city would be able to pay for the debt. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 In the Phase-1, the team will run feasibility experiments, model EHD performance in Titan-like conditions, explore tethered-power balloon station-keeping, and perform engineering trade studies to define a prototype design for Phase II. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026 Start by clearly formulating your idea into a concise concept paper or one-page summary including benefits, technical feasibility, and potential business impact. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026 The group, made of 23 members, will have an initial feasibility 150 days to create a report for Mayor Andre Dickens, and a final report 30 days later. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath directing county agencies to study the feasibility of launching a county Office of Gender Equity. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026 Teams identify dozens or hundreds of ideas, score them on impact and feasibility and fund the most attractive pilots. — Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feasibility
  1. possibility
  2. usefulness
  3. viability
  4. practicality
  5. potentiality
  6. profitability
  7. reasonableness
Noun
  • Beyond the possibility of romance, these sessions tap into a larger need for connection.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Garfield remembers being fascinated by the rows of VHS tapes and the possibilities behind their covers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Even if the limb could be spared, its future usefulness was doubtful.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In the past year or two, in the interest of sustainability and recognizing its usefulness, customers have been seeking glass items to add to their collections.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Trade routes such as the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia depend on export via tankers in the Red Sea, some analysts said, meaning any potential escalation of fighting in that area could shut off its viability as an alternative trade route.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For most of the studio era, a film's theatrical viability lived on a spectrum.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of viability
Noun
  • The 1989 movie portrayed this area as quaint and quiet where practicality and a handshake replace braggadocio.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That combination of elegance and practicality is particularly appealing for travelers, since a good tote needs to look stylish while still having enough space for the essentials.
    — Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of practicality
Noun
  • Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Definition of potentiality
Noun
  • Unitree is also one of the few companies in the field which has achieved profitability, delivering a net profit of 278 million yuan ($41 million) last year.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The company itself warned in May that profitability may dip in the second half as data-center spending ramps.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of profitability
Noun
  • The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of reasonableness

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