as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished
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Recent Examples of implausible
For years before the Jaguars arrived in the 1990s, Jacksonville was dismissed as a bargaining-chip city — too small, too regional, too implausible.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
The scariest change, though, is that in an America where guardrails have fallen, tech-sector parasites run amok in our hands and heads, and trust in government is close to nonexistent, what seemed totally implausible in 1996 now feels like reasonable societal comment.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The scariest change, though, is that in an America where guardrails have fallen, tech sector parasites run amok in our hands and heads and trust in government is close to nonexistent, what seemed totally implausible in 1996 now feels like reasonable societal comment.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
After the Bay of Pigs, the CIA tried to hatch more plots to overthrow Castro that included poisoning his cigar, among other implausible ideas.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
The scariest change, though, is that in an America where guardrails have fallen, tech-sector parasites run amok in our hands and heads, and trust in government is close to nonexistent, what seemed totally implausible in 1996 now feels like reasonable societal comment.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The scariest change, though, is that in an America where guardrails have fallen, tech sector parasites run amok in our hands and heads and trust in government is close to nonexistent, what seemed totally implausible in 1996 now feels like reasonable societal comment.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
After the Bay of Pigs, the CIA tried to hatch more plots to overthrow Castro that included poisoning his cigar, among other implausible ideas.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
Adjective
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Just another day of incredible moments at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.—
Alex Valdes,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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And that’s an incredible quality.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Landfair is incredulous how society allowed a child victim to be turned into a punchline and comedy skits.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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The judge was absolutely incredulous about the contractual argument and the independent, dictatorial authority of the president.—
Liz Crawford,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The series follows a teenage boy who forms an unlikely alliance with the Fairy Queen of Celtic lore to search for malevolent mythical creatures from around the world, among them the Yeti, Baba Yaga and a Lady Dracula — not to destroy them, but to save them from impending doom.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Costco, by contrast, is betting that visible, if measured, support for diversity can coexist with—and even underpin—a booming business, turning the warehouse club into an unlikely bellwether for how far corporate America is willing to go in defying the president’s DEI directive.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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When the sun moves away from the node, the season ends, and eclipses become impossible again.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Word of mouth slowly led to the first Superblast being impossible to find after its introduction in 2022, and consumer appetite was fed with slight updates and greater stock on the Superblast 2 two years later.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The letter was apparently unconvincing, and the search began again, with detectives presuming suicide.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Yet Hiller’s latest equivocating mea culpa, with the now-familiar language of hardship and defeatism so unbecoming of a professional hockey team, rang unconvincing.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Since teaming up, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron have won five of six competitions, a nearly inconceivable rise for such a new pair.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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To be clear, viewing the upcoming decision through one of Sirianni’s chief tenets, accountability, alone makes a 2026 reunion inconceivable.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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The fact that Darnold has a starting job at all, let alone with a team that could win a title, is a bit unbelievable, according to one of his top targets.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Despite becoming a pretty solid defense last season during the second half and through their unbelievable playoff run, the Pacers greatly suffered on the defensive boards.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Straight men, in particular, are only talked about, kept in the background, or appearing as authority figures trying to uphold absurd laws and traditions.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Pepsi’s chart is absurd and someone’s going to look stupid when the momentum fades.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implausible. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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