Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Capability of surviving.
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
survivable - noun countable A measure of the extent to which something is survivable
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Examples
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What we see is what we call survivability moves, not major repositioning of a strategy on the battle field.
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In this scenario, which we call the new grief, children and their families must learn to live with things like the pernicious side effects of treatment, as well as a degree of uncertainty about the loved one's long-term survivability.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Tips for Talking to Children About Terminal Illness Ph.D. Joseph Nowinski 2012
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I didn't see the actual text of the memo anywhere, so the single statement about calling into question the survivability is probably taken out of context of the larger memo.
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In this scenario, which we call the new grief, children and their families must learn to live with things like the pernicious side effects of treatment, as well as a degree of uncertainty about the loved one's long-term survivability.
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Tips for Talking to Children About Terminal Illness Ph.D. Joseph Nowinski 2012
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In weighty matters such as the EU, global warming, immigration, Islamification…..well anything that affects the long-term survivability of this country really, we must defer to our ‘betters’.
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If this rule were to be observed year after year, the short term survivability of the enterprise (or the nation) could be made to extend over longer periods.
Herman Daly Festschrift~ Hicksian income, welfare, and the steady state 2009
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CW: But how do we deal with the conflicts of interest -- that on one hand we need to support the economic development of the world's most impoverished communities, and on the other -- we need to protect those very resources -- air, water, soil, forests, oceans -- in order to ensure the long-term survivability of those communities?
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Anon wroteIn weighty matters such as the EU, global warming, immigration, Islamification…..well anything that affects the long-term survivability of this country really, we must defer to our ‘betters’.
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What impact will this have on our future growth and long-term survivability as a religious movement?
Archive 2008-08-01 Steve Caldwell 2008
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What impact will this have on our future growth and long-term survivability as a religious movement?
"Postchristianity" and the Future of Unitarian Universalism in North America Steve Caldwell 2008
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