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Had one of his schools swiped a Big Ten athlete under contract (with tampering as the mechanism), Sankey’s credibility on the issue would have been severely undercut and his relationship with Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti might have been damaged.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Diplomacy is preferable, but diplomacy without credibility is meaningless.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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There were innumerable explanations of varying degrees of plausibility, but that made the image interesting to him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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What makes cinematic depictions of disaster so compelling — when they’re done right, that is — is the uneasy dance between plausibility and fantasy.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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In all likelihood, Cristobal and the assistant coach shared a long embrace as the Hurricanes celebrated.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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More recent studies, listed on the CDC’s website as of Friday, also show that flu shots reduce the likelihood that children will get very sick from flu.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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Eastern Oklahoma has the lowest probability at 0%.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
9 Jan. 2026
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When analyzing probabilities, entropy can reflect the amount of uncertainty in an event.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Plausibleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibleness. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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