feasibility study

British

noun

a study designed to determine the practicability of a system or plan

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Darbon said last year that he "would love" to return to the Ayrshire course on the west coast of Scotland and that a feasibility study had been commissioned.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The feasibility study said that current research estimates golden eagles would be responsible for between 0.15% and 3% of all lamb losses in their hunting range.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

To start, the elevated deck could be built on only about 80% of the site because of the busy train activity, according to a feasibility study released in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A feasibility study for the transport of the Bayeux Tapestry to London, completed by three experts in March 2022, remains "confidential" at the request of the Normandy cultural authorities who commissioned it.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

In late August, traveling as George Leonard and Edward Warren, Liddy and Hunt flew to California to conduct a feasibility study for the Ellsberg job.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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