feasibility

noun

1
as in possibility

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as in usefulness

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Recent Examples of feasibility The moonshot idea of putting AI data centers into outer space just moved one step closer to reality, despite doubts about its feasibility. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Advances in semen freezing in the late 1940s greatly expanded the feasibility of artificial insemination. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 Each contestant must pitch, prototype and perfect their dream dish with their creations then stress-tested for taste, kitchen feasibility, and trialled with real customers, to win a place on the menu. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 One of Colorado’s largest employers, Denver International Airport, is opening a childcare center for its new training facility and researching the cost and feasibility of providing care for all 43,000 of its employees. — Shay Castle, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026 The companies plan to identify possible end users and host sites, examine regulatory requirements and develop feasibility and project materials. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 So where does that leave us as far as the feasibility of warp drives? — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The concept’s feasibility was questionable at best, given the scale and substandard conditions. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026 The text of the agreement, which has been released publicly by the administration, establishes a joint study between the two countries on the feasibility of an enrichment facility on Saudi Arabian soil. — Chris Boccia, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feasibility
  1. possibility
  2. usefulness
  3. viability
  4. practicality
  5. potentiality
  6. profitability
  7. reasonableness
Noun
  • More than a splash of color Perhaps the more interesting possibility lies beyond multi-color printing altogether.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Major cringe, on the other hand, navigates the aesthetic affect critically and formally to induce it—viscerally exploiting its possibilities.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Such applications could make skin markings easier to conceal while preserving their usefulness when needed.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Almeida saw a gap between models’ ability to answer people’s questions and their usefulness in automating routine work.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • The continued viability of late-night television was in question this week.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Sustainability also requires addressing the revenue imbalance that threatens open-source AI’s long-term viability.
    — Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of viability
Noun
  • Perhaps buyers aren’t rediscovering minivans so much as rediscovering practicality.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tiffany Hsu, Mytheresa’s chief buying and group fashion venture officer, notes a clear shift away from the ease and practicality that’s dominated the last few years.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of practicality
Noun
  • Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of potentiality
Noun
  • Rookies step up The iM Securities report said that the profitability of newer bands such as Katseye and Cortis in Western markets will be likely key to reducing the company's reliance on BTS, the report showed.
    — Jenny Lee,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The pressure to grow or return to profitability quickly can be considerable.
    — Simon Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of profitability
Noun
  • The same absence of sensationalism and veneer of reasonableness applies to the world inside Osama’s home.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The instruction asks jurors to consider the reasonableness of their own opinions and others’ and to continue deliberating toward a verdict.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reasonableness

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“Feasibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feasibility. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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