plausible
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Before Mullin, one plausible reading of the Immigration and Nationality Act required immigration officials to inspect asylum-seekers once they presented themselves at a designated port of entry seeking admission.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026
But the firm tested several plausible versions, and the one shown above was actually the best performer.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
Like much of what Glass wrote, the scene turned out to be utter fiction, but it was a measure of Greenspan’s aura that at the time it seemed plausible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
She is seen as a plausible candidate for chief whip or even to be political secretary in Downing Street, not a job usually held by an elected politician.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
This philosopher is certainly not Newcomen; but Desaguliers had, I think, correctly intuited the only plausible route to the invention of the Newcomen engine.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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