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Recent Examples of plausibly
Total developer employment may very plausibly land higher than its pre-AI peak.
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Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The realistic pipeline of high-growth, employer-building firms that could plausibly become public companies is only a small fraction of that total.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
It has been plausibly linked to everything from a great shift in the world financial order to the invention of punk rock.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 May 2026
Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andrea Mara, All Her Fault opens on a plausibly terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a community.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 May 2026
The microbiome changes could plausibly affect immune signaling, gut barrier function and inflammatory pathways already implicated in Parkinson’s.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Yet Cotton plausibly describes a life where human routines are deeply entwined with those of other creatures and the cycle of the Sun.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Sali Al-Harbi, a young researcher from Al Qassim, the kingdom’s date heartland, discovered that the pits share enough in common with human bone — in terms of calcium, structure, and density — that they could plausibly be used in fracture repair and reconstruction.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, the solution isn’t as simple as removing Earth’s atmosphere—or, more plausibly, launching a radio telescope into space.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
The realistic pipeline of high-growth, employer-building firms that could plausibly become public companies is only a small fraction of that total.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
It has been plausibly linked to everything from a great shift in the world financial order to the invention of punk rock.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 May 2026
Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andrea Mara, All Her Fault opens on a plausibly terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a community.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 May 2026
The microbiome changes could plausibly affect immune signaling, gut barrier function and inflammatory pathways already implicated in Parkinson’s.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Yet Cotton plausibly describes a life where human routines are deeply entwined with those of other creatures and the cycle of the Sun.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Sali Al-Harbi, a young researcher from Al Qassim, the kingdom’s date heartland, discovered that the pits share enough in common with human bone — in terms of calcium, structure, and density — that they could plausibly be used in fracture repair and reconstruction.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, the solution isn’t as simple as removing Earth’s atmosphere—or, more plausibly, launching a radio telescope into space.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
Adverb
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O’Farrell speculates, reasonably, that Hamnet may have been a victim of bubonic plague, and her book centers on the family’s grief in the aftermath of his death.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Two people can absolutely grow, negotiate and evolve together, so long as their core goals remain reasonably compatible.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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That increase could conceivably be $100 million — or $1.—
Lawrence Mower Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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That would get them to 52-54 and conceivably in the playoff picture.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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After a pair of curveballs missed up in the zone, Rathbun laced a fastball that practically dented the right field wall.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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That level of dominance in both chances and results is practically unprecedented in the analytics era.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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That is very possibly the movie Carney might have made a decade ago.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Its exact purpose remains debated — possibly a palatial retreat for the emperor Pachacuti, possibly an administrative and trading center supported by eight access routes.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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But perhaps the constant pounding was just too much for the pier, built in 1973.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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In a city best known for politics and international relations, perhaps the greatest ambassadors of all are the famous giant pandas, cared for by zookeepers like Mariel Lally.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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