plausible
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The report said that plans to build orbiting satellite data centers powered by the sun that would perform AI calculations were plausible but would require “uproven engineering to succeed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Although AuNPs are commonly regarded as artificial nanozymes today, the hypothesis suggests they were geologically plausible under a variety of natural Earth conditions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
It is plausible that some of the details he hoarded about his associates could have been used to pressure or influence them, though there is no evidence that this occurred in Gates's case.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Calls to reform have had limited effect in the past, leaving only one plausible means of encouragement: the government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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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