plausible
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But I do believe to effectively assemble a thriller, a writer must contemplate all that is possible in the present to realistically construct what dark, fearful deeds are plausible in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He was ultimately the only plausible option for voters worried that Hong’s controversies risked blowing the general election and ended up eking it out by less than half a percentage point.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
The link between strength training and brain health is newer and less certain, but plausible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The ingredients are accessible, the substitutions sensible, the salmon cakes plausible weeknight fare.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
But for a range of plausible initial conditions, planetary systems—about ten planets, terrestrials close to the star, Jovians on the exterior—recognizably like ours are generated.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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