as in credible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
it's a plausible explanation for the demise of that prehistoric species
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Recent Examples of plausible
Asset Manager VanEck’s projections of a million AI agents using crypto rails and blockchains by the end of 2025 seems plausible, there were 10,000 Web3 agents as of December 2024.
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Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Who lacks any observable notion of grand strategy — that is, of a plausible plan to Keep America Great and achieve peace through strength.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Thus, IlluminatiPirate’s vision of a virtual wasteland created by and for bots is more plausible than ever.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The prospect of stagflation is increasingly plausible.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Who lacks any observable notion of grand strategy — that is, of a plausible plan to Keep America Great and achieve peace through strength.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Thus, IlluminatiPirate’s vision of a virtual wasteland created by and for bots is more plausible than ever.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The prospect of stagflation is increasingly plausible.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausible
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Larsen makes Didi’s absurd actions feel credible, something a woman frustrated with her own life would do, in haste, on behalf of another.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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But these surveys, many of them credible and worth considering, often spit out different data, allowing interested readers to draw different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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The map shows red pins representing incidents that state and federal wildlife biologists have said were confirmed or probable wolf attacks on livestock.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Gabriel Muniz Jimenez, 33, died inside his cell due to a probable drug overdose on May 21, according to a spokesman for the medical examiner's office.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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New frontiers in medical use The ability to control the metamaterial remotely makes new medical applications possible.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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More importantly, Nvidia continues to focus on the entire data center as a single system to ensure that all potential performance bottlenecks are addressed, resulting in the highest possible performance efficiency and ROI.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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Chunk brings a compelling storyline to this year's competition.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Plausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausible. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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