viability

[ vahy-uh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌvaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

ability to live, especially under certain conditions: The viability of a fetus outside the womb has increased dramatically with the advent of new technologies and procedures.

the capacity to operate or be sustained: The viability of the company was guaranteed by the success of its new product.

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How to use viability in a sentence

While much less of a worry in recent weeks with the rally in oil prices, investors still express concern around the long term viability of the current dividend level.
Oil companies’ losses in 2020 were staggering. And that was before the government focused on climate change.|Will Englund|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Working out the volcanic viability of Mars would be easier if we could take its internal temperature.
Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows|Robin George Andrews|February 1, 2021|Quanta Magazine
In good times for the arts, more of it gets dragged across the line of viability, where it is able to survive—where the artist can stick around and keep doing it—until it can be recognized.
Art has been brutalized by tech’s giants. How can it survive?|Konstantin Kakaes|December 23, 2020|MIT Technology Review
With Skillz public, “the developers don’t have to worry about our financial viability, they can just look it up,” Paradise said.
Skillz shares soar 29% in trading debut as investors bet on mobile e-sports|Verne Kopytoff|December 18, 2020|Fortune

He said when it comes to business viability, for-profit nursing home operators focus too much on real estate and not enough on operations.
Sacramento Report: Enforcement Questions Loom Over Schools, Nursing Homes|Kara Grant and Jared Whitlock|October 30, 2020|Voice of San Diego
“I would advise any candidate to assess their viability and not just do a token run,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster.
Does Team Hillary Want a Democratic Challenge?|David Freedlander|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unlike a primary, caucuses for Democrats in Iowa have viability thresholds.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Likely To Flop Against Hillary In Iowa|Ben Jacobs|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Variables like weather, azimuth, elevation, crude launchers, and rocket viability quickly add up.
Dodging Rockets in Afghanistan as the Taliban’s Fighting Season Begins|Nick Willard|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That means none of us know what viability will look like in another five to ten years.
How Wendy Davis Became America’s Conscience on Abortion|Keli Goff|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This means that fetal viability seems to be evolving with science.
How Wendy Davis Became America’s Conscience on Abortion|Keli Goff|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the viability of the pollen falls below 50% they consider it unsatisfactory.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
It is possible that this lack of viability may be due to some soil deficiency such as insufficient lime or boron.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
The small, brown, ovoid seeds retain their viability about three years.
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses|M. G. Kains
I think this is because beechnuts, like chestnuts, must be handled with great care to retain their viability.
Growing Nuts in the North|Carl Weschcke
Most nut tree seed requires ideal storage conditions to preserve its germinating power or viability.
Growing Nuts in the North|Carl Weschcke

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