plausibleness

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Noun
  • Most noticeably, his 3-point shooting accuracy has risen above 37% in Chicago, a crucial improvement to establish his credibility as a true backcourt threat.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • An effort to undermine the credibility of the chief executive officer of the University of Connecticut Health Center was timed to go public before the celebratory kickoff Wednesday of Waterbury Hospital’s renewal as part of an evolving new hospital system led by UConn Health.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But results from the new polls indicate the likelihood of that happening is shrinking.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One European Central Bank policymaker cautioned against rushing to action, but nevertheless said that the probability of the next move in interest rates being an increase rather than a cut had gone up, Bloomberg reported.
    Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Plausibleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibleness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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