plausible reason

collocation in English

meaningsofplausibleandreason

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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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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofplausibleandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplausible reason

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The mostplausiblereasonfor these changes is cultural and not genetic.
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He finds it absent withoutplausiblereasonfrom a mere seven languages.
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The uncertainty of timber prices could be oneplausiblereasonwhy leaseholders are delaying the planting of their leases.
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Oneplausiblereasonis the growing focus on 'management efficiency' as demonstrated by housing management performance indicators.
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We show that uncertainty about timber prices could be aplausiblereasonfor the lack of investment in forest plantations.
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It is not a good orplausiblereason.
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Let us see whether there is not someplausiblereason.
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But, wherever there was aplausiblereason, it was used.
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At first glance, this may seem aplausiblereasonfor children's attraction to dense neighbourhoods in perception, as compared to their avoidance of dense neighbourhoods in production.
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Is that not aplausiblereasonto be considered in mitigation?
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The discussion is to be curtailed for no good reason, not even for anyplausiblereason.
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There will always be aplausiblereasonfor not taking action.
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My opinion is that this is not a veryplausiblereasonfor postponing the issue and delaying discussions on it.
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That is the danger of allowing anybody to get away with aplausiblereasonfor doing some harm.
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There is noplausiblereasonfor denying, by definitional fiat, that the unintended side-effects of well-meaning but short-sighted government measures can themselves constitute politically relevant restrictions of freedom.
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The employer need only give some vaguelyplausiblereasonin order to wriggle out of the provisions of the current legislation.
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There is however no hard proof for these accusations, and incompetence remains the soleplausiblereason.
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He said that the politics of hate was aplausiblereasonbehind the attacks.
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Anotherplausiblereasonfor lean would be two centuries of frost heave.
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Their right to life and security were stripped without anyplausiblereason.
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For some apparentlyplausiblereasonone pretends that someone unlike oneself does not deserve or should not be given the fair treatment one would wish to receive oneself.
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It has been described, in negative terms, as a proof having been met if there is noplausiblereasonto believe otherwise.
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