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Recent Examples of plausibility
But the plausibility of her Oklahoma twang, whose intermittence may or may not be deliberate, isn’t as much of an issue as the movie’s pivoting on her character’s ability to rediscover her weather-reading mojo.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Every scene is a test — of belief, plausibility, modern faithlessness.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Yet the balance Dead to Me struck was fragile; if the plot could get cartoonish, then the connection between the two leads, Cardellini and Christina Applegate, and the plausibility of their characters’ bond helped suspend disbelief.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
If only this one was realized with greater plausibility or sharper insight.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for plausibility
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Every scene is a test — of belief, plausibility, modern faithlessness.
—Armond White, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Yet the balance Dead to Me struck was fragile; if the plot could get cartoonish, then the connection between the two leads, Cardellini and Christina Applegate, and the plausibility of their characters’ bond helped suspend disbelief.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
If only this one was realized with greater plausibility or sharper insight.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for plausibility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibility
Noun
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By offering legal certainty, institutional-grade infrastructure, and reputational credibility, these jurisdictions are becoming the preferred environments for serious and sustainable cryptocurrency ventures.—
Irina Heaver,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Conversations with veterans also helped bring realism to settings such as camps, prisons, and villages, details that infused credibility into the story.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Noun
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 June 2025
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Accordingly, in its previous assessments, NASA has classified the structural cracking issue on the space station as the highest level of concern on its 5v5 risk matrix to gauge the likelihood and severity of risks to the space station.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2025
Noun
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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The probability of moving was also found to nearly triple in the wake of divorce with families relocating to neighborhoods with lower incomes.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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