Definitions
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- noun uncountable The condition of being
deniable - noun countable The extent to which something is deniable
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Examples
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Your accusation of my intention to maintain "plausible deniability" is wrong, unless Darwinists have evolved to read minds.
Atheists Speak Out 2005
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Plausible deniability is the term they use in politics.
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“On Earth, where I come from, this was known as deniability.”
Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003
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"Plausible deniability" is how the presentation put it. "
Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Ever since Ronald Reagan's henchmen coined the phrase "plausible deniability," that's become our national motto.
Ethan Casey: Terry Jones' America Is A Dangerous Place To Be Ethan Casey 2011
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In Shadow Elite, Wedel points out that the new breed of power broker is skilled at evading accountability - often by using ambiguity to create built-in deniability.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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In Shadow Elite, Wedel points out that the new breed of power broker is skilled at evading accountability - often by using ambiguity to create built-in deniability.
Robert Wade: Shadow Elite : The "Inside Job" That Toppled Iceland's Economy Robert Wade 2010
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Ever since Ronald Reagan's henchmen coined the phrase "plausible deniability," that's become our national motto.
Ethan Casey: Terry Jones' America Is A Dangerous Place To Be Ethan Casey 2011
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The emphasis in the primaries was clearly withdraw, withdraw, withdraw, with the usual politician's qualifications said quietly so as to avoid undue emphasis on them which allow plausible deniability, which is what we're seeing now.
Obama echoes the phrase that made me turn against Kerry. Ann Althouse 2008
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In other words, did they refrain from telling their political or official masters and in so doing create 'deniability' for politicians like Mr Miliband?
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