Seemingly rational little gap in record

• Like a solid argument
• Like a well-grounded argument
• Able to be defended
• Not ridiculous, as an argument
• Possible to defend
• Like a good argument or theory
• Valid
• Solidly based

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adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For scientific theories to be considered tenable , they must survive refutation. ▪ Looking at the second proviso, we can see that the position was a cruel one, insincere and hardly tenable . ▪ Now, though so politically ...

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