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Recent Examples of nonviable
Four women who are suing the state of Idaho after they were denied abortions will testify starting Tuesday about their experiences traveling out of state to end nonviable pregnancies.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term
More than a dozen medical experts who reviewed the medical records told ProPublica that her death was preventable.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In subsequent appointments, the doctors determined the heartbeat was diminishing and that Paseka was carrying a nonviable pregnancy.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 9 Mar. 2024
Yes, but: The couples say Aspire Houston never told them about the failure and continued to use the nonviable embryos for IVF treatment.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term
More than a dozen medical experts who reviewed the medical records told ProPublica that her death was preventable.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In subsequent appointments, the doctors determined the heartbeat was diminishing and that Paseka was carrying a nonviable pregnancy.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 9 Mar. 2024
Yes, but: The couples say Aspire Houston never told them about the failure and continued to use the nonviable embryos for IVF treatment.
—Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonviable
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But breaking the grip that your phone has on you isn’t impossible.—
Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Many of the houses that were most at risk at the edge of the wildland burn zone — especially in the hills and canyons above the Pacific Palisades Fire — had been built in places that were difficult or impossible to access with fire engines and crews.—
Jeff Goodell,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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Official portraits of Donald Trump, JD Vance are released That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department has said in court filings.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
18 Jan. 2025
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This proposal also would have given the US government unprecedented kill-switch authority over the platform, but the White House eventually declined that as unworkable.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
17 Jan. 2025
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But the vast complexities of the legacy market and its lack of clear chokepoints make a high fence approach infeasible.—
Sihao Huang,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2023
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Indeed, completely correct answers to the problem at hand may be impossible or infeasible to compute.—
Adrian Sampson,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Sep. 2013
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This could make the project as a whole unviable, resulting in it simply never deploying.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The 7pm slot is unusual but is a league contingency when other kick-off times are unavailable or unviable.—
Eduardo Tansley,
The Athletic,
14 Dec. 2024
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The combination of massive growth in electricity demand with unfeasible green goals will result in higher costs and less reliable electricity for Maryland residents and businesses.—
Michelle Bloodworth,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Jan. 2025
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But such a scenario could potentially make space exploration and the use of satellites dangerous, or even unfeasible—as well as more expensive—for many generations.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
28 Dec. 2024
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The plan’s 10-year phase-in period, which was intended to lower costs and make implementation more feasible, was criticized as impracticable.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 July 2024
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Contractual force majeure is rarely invoked and enforced to allow the nonperformance of contracts that have become either impossible or impracticable due to some catastrophic event, including natural disasters and wars.—
Alexander Talel,
WSJ,
22 Oct. 2023
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Yet these technologies mostly proved impractical for broader application.—
Raphael S. Cohen,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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Many Spanish businesses anticipate a slowdown in August and plan accordingly, whereas in the U.S., businesses remain open year-round, making extended closures impractical.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Fans responded with mixed emotions Sunday night at the Super Bowl when an anti-hate campaign got an unlikely spokesperson.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Khamenei's firm stance suggests that talks under Trump's terms are unlikely, while Tehran and Washington continue their standoff.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Nonviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonviable. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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