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Recent Examples of plausible Combine consistent all-star play with health and longevity, and their career milestones became more plausible. Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025 This is not just because Israel has failed to offer anything resembling a political strategy or a plausible plan for a Palestinian future while further radicalizing Palestinians to seek revenge for relatives killed and homes lost. Scott Atran, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025 The idea of hiring a contractor to provide services at half or less of the cost without creating additional pension obligations — entirely plausible based on what’s happened in other local cities — has never even come up. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 During the medical mystery's January premiere episode, executive producer Craig Sweeny even found a plausible reason for Watson to take off his shirt after crashing on the office couch at Pittsburgh's Holmes Clinic. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plausible
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Adjective
  • Without fair elections, an honest media environment and a credible opposition, voters can’t correct their country’s course at the ballot box, providing competitive authoritarian regimes little incentive to do anything but enrich themselves.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But in time, other countries—perhaps Germany itself—might feel the need if a credible European deterrent is not established quickly, experts say.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Another probable place to lay blame is the social media companies that draw kids in, memorizing their patterns through algorithms to keep them viewing and engaged.
    Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Friday Rockies probable pitchers: LHP Kyle Freeland, RHP Antonio Senzatela, RHP Angel Chivilli, RHP Diego Castillo, LHP Evan Justice, LHP Jack O’Loughlin.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • He has been floated as a possible presidential candidate in 2028.
    Andrew Greif, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • As much as possible, the most elemental steps are to be surfaced, and then they can each be separately resolved.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nonetheless, there is something creepy and compelling in the prophetic strength that is harbored, and slowly revealed, by particular books.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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    Sharareh Drury, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Plausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausible. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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