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She offered a plausible excuse.plausible = sounding reasonable
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Her theory was neat, plausible, and wrong.plausible = apparently reasonable, but unproven
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It is not difficult to imagine plausible causes for Waterman's instability. (source)
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Well, I think there's only one plausible answer. (source)plausible = reasonable
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She was so calm, so plausible. (source)plausible = believable
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Eric was annoyed that he had to suggest yet another theory, but all he needed was some plausible concept the jurors could latch on to and pull them in. (source)plausible = reasonable
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For nearly everyone who had known him, there was only one plausible conclusion to draw from the failure of the massive search. (source)plausible = reasonable
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Remembering the chickens, I wondered at the plausibility of Caravaggio's scene: no one had that look on their face—that tranquil, disinterested expression—when taking off something's head. (source)plausibility = reasonableness
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[1] It has been plausibly suggested that 'sieth' (in 501 and in 353) means 'arrival.'† (source)plausibly = with apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
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Instead of our present relations with Mexico—instead of the serious risks which have been run, and those plausibilities of opprobrium which we have had to combat, not without great difficulty, nor with entire success—instead of the difficulties which now throng the path to a satisfactory settlement of all our unsettled questions with Mexico—Texas might, by a more judicious and conciliatory diplomacy, have been as securely in the Union as she is now—her boundaries defined—California probably ours—and Mexico and ourselves united by closer ties than ever; of mutual friendship and mutual support in resistance to the intrusion of European interference in the affairs of the American republics.† (source)
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The story was plausible, but she sensed that he was either lying or leaving something out. (source)plausible = sounded reasonable on the surface (though unproven)
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This was what gave plausibility to the whispers, that Mr. Hooper's conscience tortured him... (source)plausibility = apparent reasonableness (though unknown)
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He told his story plausibly and had no trouble, since he volunteered to pay for them in advance, in engaging his rooms; a sleeping room, sitting room, and bath.† (source)plausibly = with apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
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They tried to argue it away by reminding conscience that they had purloined sweetmeats and apples scores of times; but conscience was not to be appeased by such thin plausibilities; it seemed to them, in the end, that there was no getting around the stubborn fact that taking sweetmeats was only "hooking," while taking bacon and hams and such valuables was plain simple stealing—and there was a command against that in the Bible.† (source)
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It doesn't sound very plausible. (source)plausible = likely (reasonable that it would be true)
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Proofreaders do not like them, but they give a plausibility to the story. (source)plausibility = apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
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