plausible
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My caller had even offered me a plausible call-back number over the phone.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
But the cross-species relationship in “Palaces of the Crow” occupies a border between the speculative and the plausible.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
At the meeting, Fed policymakers "generally judged that the current policy rate was within the range of plausible estimates of its neutral level," meaning one with neither a restrictive nor expansionary effect.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Having a set schedule made this evening endeavor more plausible.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The most plausible explanation was that any lions out there—if lions they were—were released pets, bought in haste and later regretted.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Grade 9, List 6
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