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Recent Examples of plausibility
The charge gained credibility — or at least plausibility — because some of the highest profile neocons were Jewish.
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Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Haunting and influential, Black Christmas is all the more terrifying due to the plausibility of the fears expressed.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
But ChatGPT and its ilk are also being used to give fraudulent or shoddy work a new veneer of plausibility, according to Mandy Hill, the managing director of academic publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Haunting and influential, Black Christmas is all the more terrifying due to the plausibility of the fears expressed.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
But ChatGPT and its ilk are also being used to give fraudulent or shoddy work a new veneer of plausibility, according to Mandy Hill, the managing director of academic publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibility
Noun
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Your 12th House of Silence hosts ambitious Mars, who’s cheering on Pluto in your 10th House of Audiences, turning private prep into public credibility without draining you.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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To ensure the fairness and credibility of our readers’ poll, any votes originating from the same IP address that exceed 20 submissions will be excluded from the final tally.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ford said persistently wet soil conditions across the state are limiting stormwater absorption, sending more runoff into major waterways such as the Des Plaines and Fox rivers and raising the likelihood of flash flooding.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The likelihood of success in a second round of talks increases with the political exigencies and condition of those at the table.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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The perils of relying on probability In the United States, flood risk is publicly defined by maps produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.—
Dominic Boyer,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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