plausible
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At one point, she appears pained by a television report on the Vietnam War, showing a self-immolating monk; her unhappiness about becoming a mother is also offered as a plausible explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
One other reason may be plausible deniability, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Instead, the model helps reveal which earthquake scenarios may be physically plausible given the current state of the fault system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
That’s because there’s no plausible theory to explain why it should be more volatile than any other month.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The straightforward example of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter shows that these claims are superficially plausible, but mistaken.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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