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Recent Examples of plausibly
Kansas City could plausibly be 2-4 after facing Detroit this week.
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Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The vagueness and disorientation are plausibly by design, meant to evoke the fracturing of Lisa’s sanity, perhaps.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
And yet the problems seem urgent; some studies have plausibly linked the increasing rates of teen depression and anxiety to the spread of social media.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead of being late to take down its tree, the mall can plausibly be seen as very prompt to put its Christmas tree up.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
However, Johnson also ruled the plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged the NCAA is a state actor and have not plausibly alleged a violation of a right to bodily privacy.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The vagueness and disorientation are plausibly by design, meant to evoke the fracturing of Lisa’s sanity, perhaps.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
And yet the problems seem urgent; some studies have plausibly linked the increasing rates of teen depression and anxiety to the spread of social media.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead of being late to take down its tree, the mall can plausibly be seen as very prompt to put its Christmas tree up.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
However, Johnson also ruled the plaintiffs have not plausibly alleged the NCAA is a state actor and have not plausibly alleged a violation of a right to bodily privacy.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The court ruled that Particle plausibly alleged Epic abused its dominance in electronic health records to undermine competition in the payer platform market so that those claims will move forward into discovery.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
On the contrary, a state with a latent nuclear program presents a ripe target for adversaries and counterproliferators seeking to prevent weaponization who may be tempted to act swiftly before the window to do so closes and the state can plausibly threaten nuclear retaliation.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibly
Adverb
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October provides our last chance to get a good view of it against a reasonably dark sky until next April.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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But Joseph was very good for a reasonably long span, finishing in the top-five of Vezina voting five times in eight years (for three different teams).—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Both are talented players who have produced at a high level, and both would conceivably fetch a great return on the trade market.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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There may been more sales (or, conceivably, some buying) in this year's third quarter.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Besides being one of the best ways to stay warm, puffer jackets are also unbelievably packable, much like this Eddie Bauer down jacket that has insulation for chilly days but can be folded or rolled to practically half its size.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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The key to detecting them, then, wasn’t to simply build a detector sensitive enough to see each individual neutrino; that would be a practically impossible task.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But when Snell threw a first-pitch fastball down the middle, the game and possibly the Series changed.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The only meeting that could possibly eclipse the Xi summit would be an impromptu reunion with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Kidnapped on the way home from school Yokota’s daughter Megumi is perhaps one of the most well-known of Japan’s abductees.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The megaconstellation will get considerably bigger, however, adding perhaps another 30,000 satellites or so over the coming years.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Plausibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibly. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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