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implausible

[im-plaw-zuh-buhl] / ɪmˈplɔ zə bəl /


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Ms. Goldberg supplies another dose of sugar with an ending that’s simultaneously sweet, predictable and implausible.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It’s not the most likely scenario, but it’s not totally implausible either.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Lawyers for David Sullivan said Florence's account is "implausible" given the layout of his house.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

An ombudsman would scan the news stories, research whatever statistics are mentioned, try to see that they are at least internally consistent, and probe most carefully into a priori implausible claims.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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