be plausible

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Ask it sensitive questions and you’ll get carefully filtered answers with just enough truth to be plausible but still misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Halep's defence - including blood loss during surgery and spells when she was inactive - was found not to be plausible.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

To serve that purpose, the conspiracy theory does not need to be plausible or believable.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

Overseas, I was always scared about what could be plausible, even if I didn’t know what was plausible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

St. Genis, determined not to tell the truth, found it a difficult task to concoct a story that would be plausible and at the same time redound to his credit.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness