plausible explanation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplausibleandexplanation
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plausible
adjective
uk/ˈplɔː.zə.bəl/us/ˈplɑː.zə.bəl/
seeming likely to be true, or able to ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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Therefore, the psychiatric conditions were not regarded as aplausibleexplanationof the symptoms.
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Oneplausibleexplanationfor observed stem increases in this plot is an unusually high incidence of large tree-fall events.
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The mostplausibleexplanationfor our -ic and -ical pickle is that we are witnessing language change at work: a messy but fascinating business.
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Therefore, providing aplausibleexplanationof why the manager will put more shares in friendly hands.
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We have noplausibleexplanationfor this association, but its consistency across different data sources and study designs warrants further investigation.
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The mostplausibleexplanationfor the constitutional concern with rules is that most states of affairs are constitutionally optional-neither forbidden nor mandated.
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Aplausibleexplanationof these identity priming effects is similar to the one suggested above for phonological priming effects.
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Aplausibleexplanationfor this difference is that ongoing transmission in these age classes is responsible for boosting titres.
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That girls generally possess better verbal communication skills than boys during early primary levels might be aplausibleexplanation.
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But the following may seem aplausibleexplanationfor the observed negative correlations.
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This insight was ignored because he could offer noplausibleexplanationfor it, and, indeed, none existed at the time of his discovery.
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Oneplausibleexplanationmay be that the question was too vague and open-ended.
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We do not know who this person was, but we believe this to be the mostplausibleexplanationof the change in the phrase's form.
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She provides a reasoned analysis of existing sources and moulds her material into aplausibleexplanationof the puzzling facts of this complex society.
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A moreplausibleexplanationfor gender-marking errors derives from the acquisition data and processing limitations.
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Oneplausibleexplanationis that the hippocampal damage is mediated by glucocorticoids but is related to glucocorticoid receptor responsiveness rather than glucocorticoid concentration.
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These differences in methodologies could be aplausibleexplanationfor the opposite findings of these researchers.
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We think that this is aplausibleexplanation.
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Therefore, we are left with domestic constraints as the onlyplausibleexplanation.
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