plausible
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We want to also have it feel like it’s plausible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It's plausible to believe that every major wild dog population in eastern and southern Africa, other than fenced ones, are potentially connected," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
AI adoption, and the efficiencies and productivity gains it promises, may provide the U.S. with a plausible path to absorbing higher interest-rate costs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"What we found is a plausible mechanism by which hyperglycemia directly contributes to immune evasion," said Tharp.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The critical issue is the quality of the purported evidence, rigorously and skeptically scrutinized—not what sounds plausible, not the unsubstantiated testimony of one or two self-professed eyewitnesses.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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