plausible
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All are plausible; none are considered that serious by the AI bulls driving stock prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
"For decades, the question of how reticulate veins form has remained open, and finally we have a plausible answer" in Chinese money plants' Voronoi patterns.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
There are all sorts of permutations which are plausible from here.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Late last week, it appeared likely that Starmer might survive in the medium term, not least because no plausible challenger seemed ready to tangle with Labour’s complicated rules for ousting a party leader.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Experiments have shown that statements like the ones in the left column, which deny a plausible belief, are easier to understand than statements in the right column, which deny an implausible belief.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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