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Recent Examples of plausibility
Civil War Photo: A24 Alex Garland has thus far positioned himself as a sci-fi whiz, which makes the stark plausibility of Civil War all the more jarring.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
If only this one was realized with greater plausibility or sharper insight.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
And as the series gets closer to its conclusion, the plot runs farther and farther from the facts, sacrificing historicity and even plausibility for genre-film excitement and culminating with a sting that catapults matters out of the real and into the ridiculous.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
There’s a disturbing plausibility to director Asif Kapadia’s docudrama 2073, which just premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
If only this one was realized with greater plausibility or sharper insight.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
And as the series gets closer to its conclusion, the plot runs farther and farther from the facts, sacrificing historicity and even plausibility for genre-film excitement and culminating with a sting that catapults matters out of the real and into the ridiculous.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
There’s a disturbing plausibility to director Asif Kapadia’s docudrama 2073, which just premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plausibility
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The ongoing battle on Capitol Hill over Trump's selections underscores how outsider bona fides and shake-it-up attitudes now imbue would-be secretaries with credibility.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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There aren’t many technology firms focused on developing network solutions that span moonshots and penalty shots, but there’s sometimes a different attitude towards innovation in the Far East where NTT originates, so this duality is possibly perceived with more credibility on home soil first.Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Second, Schipper said, the probable trifecta of controlling the presidency and both chambers of Congress further increases the likelihood that Trump can enact his fiscal agenda.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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The likelihood of funding drying up U.S. largesse toward Ukraine has become an increasingly tough sell to U.S. lawmakers, with months of delays and objections from hard-line Republicans over a $61-billion aid package that was eventually passed in spring.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pollster Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin projects an even wider margin, with Trump at a 53.8 percent probability of winning to Harris' 45.8 percent.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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