be plausible
Example Sentences
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Ask it sensitive questions and you’ll get carefully filtered answers with just enough truth to be plausible but still misleading.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Halep's defence - including blood loss during surgery and spells when she was inactive - was found not to be plausible.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023
To serve that purpose, the conspiracy theory does not need to be plausible or believable.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
Overseas, I was always scared about what could be plausible, even if I didn’t know what was plausible.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
The reasoning may be plausible, but it is no better than sophistry.
From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William
