as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished
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Recent Examples of implausible Barring six or seven victories in that time — a prospect that sits somewhere between highly implausible and impossible — those fixtures will count for nothing in sporting terms. —
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026 This may have seemed implausible weeks ago. —Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026 This makes regime change implausible. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 By attempting to disqualify Bianco with attacks designed to excite conservative voters, Hilton may improve his odds of surviving the primary while reinforcing the image that makes a Republican statewide victory in California implausible. —Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for implausible
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026 This may have seemed implausible weeks ago. —Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026 This makes regime change implausible. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 By attempting to disqualify Bianco with attacks designed to excite conservative voters, Hilton may improve his odds of surviving the primary while reinforcing the image that makes a Republican statewide victory in California implausible. —Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for implausible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausible
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The Spurs led by as much as 20 in the fourth quarter, which is an incredible turnaround.— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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No, that stuff is all incredible and very much the result of good fortune in my career.— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Starmer’s explanation was greeted with jeers from opposition lawmakers, incredulous that the nation’s leader hadn’t known such a crucial piece of information.— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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The judge, Cedric Simpson, was incredulous.— Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Attempting to close this gap solely by raising the gas tax would require a dramatic increase that is unlikely to be politically viable.— Andrew Stasiowski, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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But analysts said the new model is unlikely to send markets into the kind of frenzy the previous one did.— John Liu, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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That’s the kind of streak that should be impossible.— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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So local schools and other governmental units presumably would have to ask for twice as much money to get the same amount, which might make such a deal financially impossible.— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Jurors found those claims unconvincing.— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
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What once was certain has become an unconvincing maybe.— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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At that point, something terrible, something on the scale of the Maidan protests in Ukraine in 2014, is not inconceivable.— Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
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The camera quality on Artemis, let alone the ability to livestream the views, was inconceivable during the Apollo era.— Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Fifty years is really unbelievable.— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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So there’s this unbelievable amount of content from which to choose from.— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
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As usual, human progress gets the sublimely absurd Herzogian treatment, with modern and primordial sights and sounds becoming whole.— Eric Kohn, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
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But the idea of using one for multiple hours every day, or of trying to socialize in real life while the people around me try to meet my digital avatar’s dead eyes, is absurd.— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Implausible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/implausible. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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