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Recent Examples of plausibility
Fears surrounding the financial plausibility of your dreams will hit, as Neptune and Saturn retrograde cause Venus to feel insecure on August 1.
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Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
There are several scenarios with various degrees of plausibility.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Under normal circumstances, the VA awards funding on the basis of several factors, including plausibility, preliminary evidence, a sound investigation plan, and the researcher’s track record.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
If that’s the case, then the plausibility of traditional Christianity collapses, for its authority is based on the claim to have preserved intact the apostolic witness, the most reliable source of revelation.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
There are several scenarios with various degrees of plausibility.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Under normal circumstances, the VA awards funding on the basis of several factors, including plausibility, preliminary evidence, a sound investigation plan, and the researcher’s track record.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
If that’s the case, then the plausibility of traditional Christianity collapses, for its authority is based on the claim to have preserved intact the apostolic witness, the most reliable source of revelation.
—R. R. Reno, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibility
Noun
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But an interview with Trump on 60 Minutes also presents tremendous risk for a news organization that has already been the focus of the president’s ire and is now trying to maintain its credibility without provoking him again.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Still, the results should add credibility to management's broader plan.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Taking into account the 13 months the rapper has already spend in jail, and the likelihood of time off for good behavior, Combs is likely to serve between just two, and two-and-a-half years in prison.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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All of this raises the probability that extraterrestrial life exists in the moon’s subsurface ocean.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bayern Munich have arguably been Europe’s most impressive team since August, and routed Pafos 5-1 to improve their title-winning probability to 10 per cent (from six).—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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