plausible
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Although AuNPs are commonly regarded as artificial nanozymes today, the hypothesis suggests they were geologically plausible under a variety of natural Earth conditions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Paul Stevenson, a physics professor at the University of Surrey, said the tech giant's timeline sounded plausible - if its research lived up to its claims.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Instead, she points out that other outcomes are also plausible, including a growing risk that inflation could remain sticky if energy costs do not come down quickly, causing businesses to raise prices.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
A lukewarm market reception for an early OpenAI listing, which seems plausible given the steady drumbeat of dysfunction at the Sam Altman-led company, could force Anthropic to delay or scale back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
It was processed behind the locked door, so, when pressed for an explanation, all Maier’s subjects could do was make up what seemed to them the most plausible one.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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