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Recent Examples of plausibly
The façade was as bright and clean as an architect’s rendering, rather than plausibly haunted.
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Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The tone of the instructions and accompanying advice ranges from the plausibly medicinal to the frankly magical.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Shitposting, Topinka explains, makes good-faith engagement impossible and critics look foolish because the shitposter is plausibly joking.
—Malavika Kannan, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
While Mark Thompson currently runs CNN, Bari Weiss is the editor-in-chief at CBS News and could plausibly have CNN added to her purview.
—Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
But Roberts declared the words in that congressional statute could not be plausibly interpreted to authorize tariffs, which raise revenue from American people.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
But hospital staff who treated the man told The Associated Press such a fall could not plausibly account for the man’s brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory.
—Jim Mustian, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
Zaluzhnyi believes the agency could not plausibly have mistaken the location of the country’s main war command center.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But hospital staff who treated the man told The Associated Press such a fall could not plausibly account for the man's brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
The tone of the instructions and accompanying advice ranges from the plausibly medicinal to the frankly magical.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
Shitposting, Topinka explains, makes good-faith engagement impossible and critics look foolish because the shitposter is plausibly joking.
—Malavika Kannan, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
While Mark Thompson currently runs CNN, Bari Weiss is the editor-in-chief at CBS News and could plausibly have CNN added to her purview.
—Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
But Roberts declared the words in that congressional statute could not be plausibly interpreted to authorize tariffs, which raise revenue from American people.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
But hospital staff who treated the man told The Associated Press such a fall could not plausibly account for the man’s brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory.
—Jim Mustian, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
Zaluzhnyi believes the agency could not plausibly have mistaken the location of the country’s main war command center.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But hospital staff who treated the man told The Associated Press such a fall could not plausibly account for the man's brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
Adverb
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The lawsuit alleges that the dispute escalated over a period of time that would have allowed security to reasonably notice the situation and intervene, but the bar failed to de-escalate, separate the people involved in the dispute or remove them from the bar.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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With the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged this week, however, and with no clear insight into when they may be reduced again, savers can feel reasonably confident that rates here will remain somewhat stable, at least at this point in the year.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Even the b-squad was stacked with big leaguers who performed admirably and conceivably could have trounced the opposition on a different night.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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And with news that Kelce will be returning for a 14th season with the Kansas City Chiefs next year, the timeframe in which the two could conceivably get married has gotten smaller.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Weber, who lives in Denver and does marketing work for both Waddle and Surtain, practically jumped for joy at the news.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Today, that’s practically what Carmichael is serving up at Kabawa in the East Village.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Texas’ next game is against Brigham Young where AJ Dybantsa is one of the top 3-4 freshmen in the country and possibly the first overall pick for someone in June.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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In our view, Bolton deserves all the exposure the inspector general can possibly give him.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Instead, and perhaps fittingly, Coppola takes a page from Jacobs’s own book, and strings together a gauzy assortment of references and influences—presented through clips, photographs, and interviews—that have made up Jacobs’s artistic blueprint over the years.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Miller called perhaps the greatest timeout of his coaching career after BYU’s Aleksej Kostic buried a 3-pointer to cut Texas’ lead to 75-71 with 58 seconds left.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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