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Recent Examples of plausibility
Yet the director, Vanessa Caswill, stages it all with a tenderly forlorn Middle American plausibility.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
The charge gained credibility — or at least plausibility — because some of the highest profile neocons were Jewish.
—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
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
The charge gained credibility — or at least plausibility — because some of the highest profile neocons were Jewish.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibility
Noun
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The lawsuit also alleges authorities relied on testimony from a jailhouse informant who received benefits in exchange for cooperating, while failing to disclose information that could have undermined his credibility.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Maybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Most critically, these experiences inflict lasting reputational harm, undermining the relationship between our organizations and our audiences, and threatening the likelihood that a guest will ever return.—
Lori Dimun,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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In the western United States, El Niño tends to be associated with above-average heat and humidity, and these events increase the likelihood of dry and hot conditions across the southern half of the country.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 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,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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