How to Use plausible in a Sentence

plausible

adjective
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  • And so, look, that is a -- a plausible bet for Democrats to make.
    — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The new study suggests the lower end of the range is more plausible.
    — National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Were the fairies in the photographs not catching the light in a plausible way?
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But why did this all seem so plausible to so many at the time?
    — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Still, the fact that the idea would even seem plausible illustrates the risks Democrats...
    — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2019
  • The judge agreed that the student has a plausible case to go forward on that claim.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2019
  • The more people get in, the more plausible any scenario starts to seem.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
  • But to keep the promise plausible, Democrats made a choice.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • That would have been plausible, that the Stars were a middling team in the playoff hunt.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • All are more plausible than the bill that died in the Senate on Tuesday.
    — New York Times, 23 June 2021
  • But for at least some people, the threat now seems much more plausible.
    — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Charges against the owner seem plausible, as well as charges against others who helped run the place or the event.
    — Thomas Peele, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
  • Many are bat-house crazy, some are more than plausible.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 July 2023
  • But the fact that question is plausible enough to answer does not bode well.
    — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Hence, the huge fall the model found plausible, and that didn’t occur, doesn’t have to happen.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 June 2023
  • There was no plausible reason to think the story wasn’t true.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 July 2022
  • Even the most fantastic love scenes in the movies seem plausible standing on a Parisian bridge.
    — Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
  • By the end of each episode, the myths were rated busted, plausible or confirmed.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
  • And, finally, what is the source and amount of new funding that makes this plausible?
    — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Such a path is no less plausible to me than the ones claimed by Herrick, Davis or Skolsky.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • All of these theories are plausible, given the wild plot lines the show's creators have cooked up in the past.
    — Glamour, 8 May 2019
  • But stay with me because some clues make the actor and singer a plausible option.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • For the most part, though, the film makes goodwill plausible by making evil equally so.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • There’s also a plausible case for Rodriguez as the right kind of owner.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The second part of this seems plausible, but the first is harder to understand.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 31 May 2021
  • If nothing else goes wrong, that’s the best plausible outcome, right?
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2018
  • The idea that the Blue Jays would sign the Japanese star seemed plausible when a private jet was headed to Toronto.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Does that sound plausible for a regime that considers business a servant of the state?
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
  • And most in the field think that the natural-origin theory is simply much more plausible.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
  • There seem to be a number of plausible ways astronomers might define the 'edge' of a galaxy — perhaps where concentrations of gas and dust drop below a certain threshold or even via a galaxy's gravitational influence.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024

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