Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible. From LearnThat.org. [Salman Rushdie]
A plausible excuse. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A plausible liar. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Ever since Ronald Reagan's henchmen coined the phrase "plausible deniability," that's become our national motto. From Wordnik.com. [Ethan Casey: Terry Jones' America Is A Dangerous Place To Be] Reference
But the problem with coming flat out against it is that the Iraq war was what I call a plausible war. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Dispatches] Reference
Yet, the word plausible is hard to find in most press reports. From Wordnik.com. [NAS Panel Report « Climate Audit] Reference
Adenine is naturally synthesized in plausible prebiotic environments. From Wordnik.com. [Casey Luskin on Kitzmiller & Information] Reference
Why anyone would think this whole theory even remotely plausible is beyond me. From Wordnik.com. [1000 Architects and Engineers] Reference
What keeps Bugs aloft, what makes the impossible plausible, is not looking down. From Wordnik.com. [Al Jaffee: Mad Magazine's Al Jaffee: Original Art And Life From 'Al Jaffee's Mad Life' (PHOTOS)] Reference
The only way I can see this as plausible is if you've set them at 250 yard zeros. From Wordnik.com. [Some Rifle Barrels are Faster than Others] Reference
I think what will make Jeb plausible is how divided the GOP has historically been. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » America’s Next Bush] Reference
The cleverer we are, the more easily we will clothe our stupidity in plausible verbiage. From Wordnik.com. [History, Language, and the Higher Blarney] Reference
Most novelists take steps to bring their characters together in plausible and substantive ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolaño – review] Reference
NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT ... but somebody has to retain plausible deniability. From Wordnik.com. [Report: FBI did not participate in harsh interrogations techniques] Reference
Much more plausible is the story that the Miers "selection" was made back in the late nineties. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
But when the rise started becoming "exponential", it's hard to see a basis in plausible physics. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Flood by Stephen Baxter] Reference
How plausible is it that teenagers have access to spandex, or would want to wear spandex at all?. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum] Reference
How plausible is this claim that Metcalf is the driving force behind Canadian literary criticism?. From Wordnik.com. [Go easy on John Metcalf (despite… you know…)] Reference
I think there may have been a real division of opinions that caused the word plausible to be used. From Wordnik.com. [Four Hunnnnnn-dred Years « Climate Audit] Reference
I would say we had a three hour story if we actually added in plausible attempts to defeat the aliens. From Wordnik.com. [And so it begins...A Torchwood CoE Press Review] Reference
My favorite, and also the most plausible, is that it's sugar cane rotting in barges docked on the Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [Just the Facts, Ma'am] Reference
Oh, and the only thing on the Obama list that even sounds plausible is appealing directly to the voters in Maine. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken] Reference
“Of course he is, but there are layers of what in America you call plausible deniability to keep him isolated.”. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union] Reference
Yes, saying that it is "the best of all possible codes" is dependent upon certain "plausible biological parameters". From Wordnik.com. [Chunkdz Comes Out Smokin] Reference
Imputing the action is objectionable – refusing to use the word so as to maintain plausible deniability is more so. From Wordnik.com. [Atheists Speak Out] Reference
For the makers of this film to think for one second that any of the events shown in 21 are plausible is sheer lunacy. From Wordnik.com. [21 is a Terrible, Terrible, Terrible Movie « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more] Reference
Your accusation of my intention to maintain "plausible deniability" is wrong, unless Darwinists have evolved to read minds. From Wordnik.com. [Atheists Speak Out] Reference
February 24th, 2009 at 4: 58 pm hmm, according to the graph the plausible is impossible - and both are fractions of what? the real?. From Wordnik.com. [Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.] Reference
Just to return to the post for a moment: how plausible is it that small-scale entrepenuers, who support markets, would support Republicans?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Architect] Reference
PAGE: Well, it's been called plausible deniability in the past. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2001] Reference
President Obama was not consulted, better known as plausible deniability. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Saying President Obama was not consulted, better known as plausible deniability. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Then he recalled the plausible which deflated hope and imagination to earthly things. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
The only thing I’ve never quite found plausible is Dalgleish’s moonlighting as a poet; it ought to work but doesn’t really for me. From Wordnik.com. [A Crime Round-Up « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
MN: Pawlenty: Coleman chances still 'plausible' LINK. From Wordnik.com. ['Daily Voting News' For February 28 and March 01, 2009] Reference
A more recent date is ALSO "plausible," to use your word. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News was hilariously paraphrasing.] Reference
And how the lady called it the more "plausible" explanation tickles me silly. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Expect Resolution Of Blago Scandal Anytime Soon] Reference
But of course, such figures don't seem 'plausible', do they, because they don't come from Hamas. From Wordnik.com. [A disproportionate animus] Reference
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has found that the fears are "plausible," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And they had to eliminate other possible "plausible" explanations such as magic or demons at work. From Wordnik.com. [Documentary on Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford] Reference
A U.S. official did say that while he can't confirm the report it is, it is, quote, "plausible", Lou?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2005] Reference
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