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Recent Examples of plausibly
The vagueness and disorientation are plausibly by design, meant to evoke the fracturing of Lisa’s sanity, perhaps.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
And yet the problems seem urgent; some studies have plausibly linked the increasing rates of teen depression and anxiety to the spread of social media.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead of being late to take down its tree, the mall can plausibly be seen as very prompt to put its Christmas tree up.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
However, Johnson also ruled the plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged the NCAA is a state actor and have not plausibly alleged a violation of a right to bodily privacy.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Would seem Falcons needed to be active on that front and there was a couple of tackles released that plausibly could help off Detroit and Houston teams.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
And yet the problems seem urgent; some studies have plausibly linked the increasing rates of teen depression and anxiety to the spread of social media.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead of being late to take down its tree, the mall can plausibly be seen as very prompt to put its Christmas tree up.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
However, Johnson also ruled the plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged the NCAA is a state actor and have not plausibly alleged a violation of a right to bodily privacy.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Would seem Falcons needed to be active on that front and there was a couple of tackles released that plausibly could help off Detroit and Houston teams.
—Josh Kendall, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
Adverb
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The song, written by the comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner with the Lightning Seeds, had been played over the PA system a week earlier against Scotland and had gone down reasonably well.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fidell questioned how the replacement JAGs could reasonably do their job, when they are exposed to the political rhetoric handed down from Hegseth and the White House.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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That means both could conceivably get to Atlanta 12-0, but let’s be real.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Resale values on premium EVs are notoriously bad, and with the possible exception of the Rolls-Royce Spectre, nobody has quite cracked the nut on how to build one that could conceivably be considered an heirloom.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Luckily, Amazon’s best-sellers chart is brimming with comfy lounge bottoms that were practically made for fall, including these $9 wide-leg Hanes sweatpants and these ultra-cozy baggy joggers from Walifrey.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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By selecting the birthplace of nuclear technology as the site for its first production facility, Radiant is symbolically and practically linking past innovation to future energy resilience.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Working with the local council, emergency services and Transport for London, plans for an extra 10,000 (possibly more) people to safely arrive and leave the area are a considerable obstacle.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The data has grown more important in recent weeks, as the prospect of higher inflation possibly denting the interest rate outlook is considered a major risk for equities.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As with Kuminga’s entire career, the good and the negative were equally represented, and perhaps nothing displayed the duality of Jonathan Kuminga quite like a half-minute sequence in the second quarter.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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But there’s one perk that’s perhaps a little less obvious, but no less important and that’s waking up to a clean kitchen.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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