plausibility
Example Sentences
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Sack said there was "biological plausibility" to think such a treatment might work, but said she was "very underwhelmed by the data that exists".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Roth said large language models rely on token-by-token text prediction, optimizing for linguistic plausibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Holland is one of many observers questioning the plausibility of shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz returning to its pre-war levels any time soon.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
Other experts have quibbled with certain details, questioning the plausibility of a “bolt from the blue” attack or noting that the U.S. would almost certainly launch many more interceptors.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
I felt that what I wanted that scene to say to the reader was more important than its surface reality or plausibility.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing plausibility
"The Minister's Black Veil," Vocabulary from the short story
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