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plausibly

adverb

Definition of plausiblynext
as in reasonably

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Recent Examples of plausibly Higher e-book pricing also seems plausibly good, from the publisher’s perspective. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026 Which means the actors who played Bullock’s daughters in the originals are now too old to plausibly play college-ish. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Sep. 2026 Either squad could have plausibly won the 2021 Western Conference in a relatively down year. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Zhang built and launched Cara on a shoestring as a place where artists could share work in an environment where no consent could plausibly be implied. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 This reading may be plausibly explained by the winter weather and by the effects of a catastrophic spinal-cord injury. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 Preventing the development of an Iranian nuclear weapon is surely a vital interest, and destroying Iran’s nuclear program is a clear objective that was plausibly attainable. — Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 And while the characters could plausibly be of our world, Sterling Point, the place, might as well be a fairy tale land. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 The researchers compared each graduate’s actual first employer against every other firm that plausibly could have hired them, then measured how the presence of fellow Ivy Leaguers at those firms shaped where graduates actually landed. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
  1. reasonably
  2. conceivably
  3. practically
  4. possibly
  5. perhaps
Adverb
  • For strategic answers, ask what the system would need to know before its advice could reasonably apply to you individually.
    — Leo S. Lo, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Enough time has passed to reasonably expect a player drafted that high to be an NHL regular.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of reasonably
Adverb
  • Democrats will have a difficult time flipping the Senate, where Republicans hold a three-seat majority, but could conceivably do so in a blue wave year.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Conceivably, Bessent could be right; conceivably, Warsh could be right.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of conceivably
Adverb
  • Trading a state paycheck for a sidewalk food cart is practically unheard of.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ismail Abdus-Sabur’s youngest child was practically a newborn when he was first taken into custody in January 2014, his family said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of practically
Adverb
  • The ep opened with Charles, played by Larry Dean, having a private chat with a pair of tech billionaires (Celeste Dring and newcomer Freddie Meredith, who is possibly an SNL Elon Musk) about AI at Buckingham Palace.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026
  • There’s press conferences, there’s briefings, and the public is informed about what could possibly happen.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of possibly
Adverb
  • This was four months after Schachtel’s piece appeared, perhaps as an audition.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Come to think of it, there were a lot of questionable calls/no-calls from the officiating crew during Saturday night's game in Jordan Hare, perhaps Fralick was one of the refs trying desperately to gift the Tigers a win to save his skin.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of perhaps

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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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