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Recent Examples of implausibility
The implausibility of it all was part of the exhilaration, to be sure.
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Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
These choices add more implausibility to a script already leaden with it.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Remarkably, Madoff’s investors accepted these reports for years, despite the implausibility of the returns.
—Erik Lie, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
These choices add more implausibility to a script already leaden with it.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025
Remarkably, Madoff’s investors accepted these reports for years, despite the implausibility of the returns.
—Erik Lie, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausibility
Noun
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When Bondi replied by accusing her of hypocrisy over a lack of similar questioning toward former Attorney General Merrick Garland, Jayapal interjected, trying to force an apology.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Feb. 2026
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But to have the hypocrisy be laid out so starkly, just a few clicks away on the same website, is particularly galling.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sybiha said Russia uses a range of tactics to recruit foreigners, including financial incentives, deception and coercion.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The crux of the Democrats’ deception is that repealing 287(g) will make our communities safer.—
Robin Grammer,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Despite his layered duplicity, Jonathan understands and defines himself by courting risk.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Morgan Freeman’s Thaddeus shows up, still twinkling with duplicity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Now Claude knew that Claude had a propensity for fakery.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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What would be the point of them doing obvious fakery?—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Allen’s combo of flip insincerity and kindly concern is a terrific treat, recalling Bill Murray at his doofy best.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But that rhetoric sounded hollow in the face of its dalliance with a drug-smuggling double-dealing despot like Noriega.—
Time,
Time,
25 Nov. 2025
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Making his Broadway debut, Burr is a cyclone as the fast-talking, double-dealing Dave Moss, who springs a plan to steal the leads on his unwilling accomplice, George Aaronow (McKean, drolly exasperated).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Those are big shoes to fill, but Mero has stepped into them with his customary smoothness, quickly injecting a millennial POV into the airwaves alongside co-hosts Shani Kulture, Miabelle, Kazeem Famuyide, and DJ Kast One.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Implausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausibility. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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