viable

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These deposits may have provided some of the only viable nesting conditions for burrowing bees in the region.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

If it retains its reputation as a viable reserve asset for central banks, and if the Iran issue doesn’t ultimately cause substantial economic damage, it could continue a longer-term uptrend.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The joint statement agreed that dialogue and diplomacy were "the only viable option to resolve conflicts", and it called for waterways, including the blockaded strait, to be protected.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The oil giant paid the smaller company $320 million over a decade to tinker with the genetic makeup of algae to try to distill enough oil to make the venture technically viable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Only five years after Papin’s failure, Newcomen produced the first commercially viable steam engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton