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viable
01. Wind-generated power is not yet financially [viable] on a large scale in this country.
02. Grains of wheat discovered in the great pyramids of Egypt were found to still be [viable] thousands of years after they were placed there.
03. The absence of a [viable] third party in our province has resulted in a very polarized political climate.
04. Human life is not [viable] in its earliest forms; therefore, the entity is not considered to be truly a person by many who support a woman's right to abortion.
05. The continued [viability] of the wild tiger is now in doubt, with numbers dwindling quickly and habitat being destroyed on a daily basis.
06. After years of research and exploration, diamond mining has become commercially [viable] in Canada's far north.
07. Increasing fuel costs are affecting the [viability] of the manufacturing process.
08. A detailed business plan will help you to determine if this venture is [viable] before you invest any money in it.
09. Hydrogen fuel cells have not yet been developed to the point where they have become a [viable] alternative to the gasoline engine.
10. Of all the fertilized eggs which are placed in women through artificial insemination, only a small percentage prove to be [viable].
11. I don't believe their scheme is really commercially [viable].
12. The next few months will determine whether or not our homemade jams are going to be commercially [viable].
13. A certain species of turtles can store and use [viable] sperm for at least three years following mating.
14. Harriet Lerner once suggested that intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or [viability] at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
15. The principle of global education has been made [viable] by the development of the Internet.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • viable — I adjective acceptable, actable, alive, appropriate, apt, capable of development, capable of growth, conceivable, doable, effective, effectual, efficacious, encouraging, expedient, favorable, feasible, functional, imaginable, legitimate, likely,… …   Law dictionary

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