The information provided concerning outcomes should be chosen to provide, in concise form, a plausible basis for judging the extent to which the program is achieving its purpose.

It was clear that some notion of popular sovereignty provided the only plausible basis on which to challenge the theory and practice of absolutism.

The 8-to-1 opinion by Justice Blackmun said the system had a "plausible" basis as policy and did not violate the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.

Under Twombly, a plaintiff must "allege facts" that, taken as true, state a "plausible" basis for relief.

This is a plausible basis for the psychological effects of these hallucinogenic compounds.

Now, in all probability, you will think the joke funnier if you also believe the stereotype has a plausible basis.

The doctrine originally had a plausible basis: to insure diversity of opinion when many communities had only one television station.

Your suit still has to have some kind of plausible legal basis, or you (assuming you are the attorney) could be subject to Rule 11(c) sanctions.

The notion had a certain appeal, if no plausible scientific basis.

It was not always enough, they went on to say, for a decision to have a plausible legal basis.