plausibility
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While that might comfort energy importers and economists concerned about inflation, Nasser’s response to an analyst’s question about the plausibility of U.S. proposals for its navy to escort shipping through the strait was less encouraging.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
As we watch Ms. Coon’s Agnes come under the spell of Peter’s irrational beliefs, her performance maintains a convincing and impressive plausibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The idea that abandoning this logic would lead to a lower cost per megawatt is magical thinking, defying technical plausibility, historical reality and common sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
At times each of them reviews the Captain's actions for plausibility and rates the legitimacy of his loyalty to his country and his Vietnamese identity.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2024
The new machine, like so many of Ernest’s ideas before it, was perched on the edge of technical plausibility, offering the prospect of limitless triumph or abject failure.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing plausibility
"The Minister's Black Veil," Vocabulary from the short story
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