plausibility
Example Sentences
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While that might comfort energy importers and economists concerned about inflation, Nasser’s response to an analyst’s question about the plausibility of U.S. proposals for its navy to escort shipping through the strait was less encouraging.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
As we watch Ms. Coon’s Agnes come under the spell of Peter’s irrational beliefs, her performance maintains a convincing and impressive plausibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Discussions about the plausibility of the football program sharing the Coliseum with the Olympics in 2028 trace back well before current athletic director Jennifer Cohen was hired in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
To be fair, there are shards of plausibility in that narrative, as is generally true of effective propaganda.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025
It stretches plausibility to the breaking point that he would have decided to deliver one as important as this off the cuff.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing plausibility
"The Minister's Black Veil," Vocabulary from the short story
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Lesson 6
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Characters: The People in Fiction
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