plausibility

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Recent Examples of plausibility The point is to argue the plausibility of either the humans or the lone silverback prevailing in a battle of brawn. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025 The task of reading Capital naïvely acquires a fresh jolt of plausibility in the case of Paul Reitter’s new translation of volume one. Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Critically, the survey only offered options that had a base level of plausibility. Janina Dill, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2025 But the plausibility of her Oklahoma twang, whose intermittence may or may not be deliberate, isn’t as much of an issue as the movie’s pivoting on her character’s ability to rediscover her weather-reading mojo. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for plausibility
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Noun
  • In journalism, visibility and virality are not the standard—credibility is.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Authenticity builds trust and credibility, making your brand more personal, memorable and relatable.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The concept of behavioral forecasting, as introduced to me by Dr. Corey Crossan through our work together, has its roots in disciplines like criminology, such as predicting the likelihood of a repeat offense, and in health, predicting the probability of illness based on behaviors.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • While the likelihood of seeing the northern lights will be low for most of the U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Alaska and states near the Canadian border will have a higher chance of seeing the lights.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • It is arbitrarily chosen to be the 67% historical probability threshold...
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • More Clive Rose/Getty Images Now, the Mercedes team boss has revealed ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying session that the probability of Verstappen driving for Mercedes next year is very low, and that Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli will form the driver lineup for 2026.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025

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