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Recent Examples of implausibility
The story teeters on implausibility in turn after turn.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
Some might contend that this seeming implausibility is very much to the film’s point, insofar as many shooters’ identities have taken their communities by surprise.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
The implausibility of it all was part of the exhilaration, to be sure.
—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
Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
Some might contend that this seeming implausibility is very much to the film’s point, insofar as many shooters’ identities have taken their communities by surprise.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
The implausibility of it all was part of the exhilaration, to be sure.
—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
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Work picked up, and Harbour began building a career, often playing a supporting character who helps reveal the hypocrisies or delusions of the protagonists.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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The hypocrisy sticks out like a Sorsby thumb.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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But the dramatic vision-boosting reputation carrots have carried for decades traces back to a wartime deception, not science.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
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People desperately need reassurances that elections are decided honestly, without tricks or deception to favor a candidate or a party.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
13 June 2026
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Both Crystal and Tom’s personalities shine through these pages and illuminate the duplicities of drag.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2026
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Britain’s largest police force, on the other hand, is presented as the height of duplicity.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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The green-screen effects are knowing in their outright fakery; the nerdiness of the whole enterprise is lampshaded with a whole setpiece in a comic-book store.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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Amid all the fakery and flimflam of the pre-regulated drug market, the Shaker brand was the best.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 May 2026
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But today, performative is commonly summoned as an accusation—of attention seeking, of insincerity, of main-character energy gone wrong.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2026
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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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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
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Mullen's righthand man, Roger Carlson (Jesse Plemons), was double-dealing with billionaire Robert Lyndon (Clark Gregg), who ultimately ordered a hit on him in Episode 4.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Receiver Dillon Bell, a premium undrafted free-agent signing, caught every pass thrown to him and ran routes with smoothness.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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What’s struck me most during the Finals, though, isn’t just his smoothness but his selflessness.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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“Implausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausibility. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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