What the commission has done is produce a plausible estimate.

Even if the report's findings are confirmed, the likely value of the oil far exceeds plausible estimates of the environmental cost.

Here is where an independent panel of experts could pin down plausible estimates.

But there are plausible estimates, and unless the course of reason, law, and treaty obligations is pursued, the prospects could be quite grim.

But he said the most plausible estimate was 3.5 million, of whom 500,000 were farm workers and 350,000 were domestic workers.

A plausible estimate of the number of genes per cell is now available for many organisms.

The projections based on these scenarios are not predictions, but reflect plausible estimates of future social and economic development (e.g., economic growth, population level).

At 18 million square feet, a total cost of $4.5 billion could be projected based on a plausible estimate of $250 a square foot.

Instead, he gave some plausible estimates in each case separately.

Though no one knows, a plausible estimate is that prices at the upper end of the housing spectrum would fall by 10 to 15 percent.