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as in meritorious
deserving of high regard or great approval
a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely
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as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural
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Recent Examples of creditable
Cunha’s response to being left on the bench after a four-game suspension was creditable.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Medicare has some formulas to determine whether the coverage is creditable.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The penalty applies when an eligible individual goes 63 days without creditable drug coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
What worked and what didn’t for Vancouver At even strength, frankly, the Canucks got creditable performances from most of their skaters.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Medicare has some formulas to determine whether the coverage is creditable.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The penalty applies when an eligible individual goes 63 days without creditable drug coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
What worked and what didn’t for Vancouver At even strength, frankly, the Canucks got creditable performances from most of their skaters.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creditable
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Its Lifetime Achievement and other meritorious award recipients will be named later.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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His 35-year career has been recognized in more than 100 awards for meritorious and heroic service, including a presidential commendation for heroism by President Ronald Reagan and two Distinguished Service Awards from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Gordon found that line of reasoning plausible, stating that Hamby’s trade experience is comparable to an employee being transferred to an inferior job.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2025
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This year, conspiracy theories that once might have seemed outlandish resonate as entirely plausible, especially when dramatized by the formidable casts charged with bringing these stories to life.—
Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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Pricing players can be an inexact science, but is an extremely worthy exercise that can save future headaches.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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To help, this article has been updated to include one highly worthy pick from the week ahead.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
16 June 2025
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Designed in the right way, even modest short-term and long-term adjustments can maintain credible deterrence against both China and Russia at reasonable cost.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Web crawlers that feed LLMs are increasingly pulling from non-traditional platforms to find fresh, credible content.—
Pawel Rzeszucinski,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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And excellent retail in turn should entice people to choose one store over another and visit often.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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These groups offer excellent opportunities to meet new contacts, stay informed about industry developments, and even discover unadvertised job openings.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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The March flight failed in similar fashion, but SpaceX's investigators determined the most probable root cause was a hardware failure in one of the ship's engines, a different failure mode than two months before.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2025
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For his next act, Bill Zito tries something else no one thought possible, financially practical or any-which-way probable.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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In an admirable understatement, the outlet concludes ...—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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Reaching the final destination required winning two Game 7s in the same postseason, overcoming the adversity of poor shooting performances, and slaying the demon that was the 2025 Indiana Pacers, an admirable group that became immune to any sort of pressure in fourth quarters.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Bailey flashed a sweet jumper and impressive athleticism but struggled with his shot selection and had more turnovers than assists.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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Amazon’s stock has already delivered impressive gains, rising over 150% from $85 levels in early 2023 to around $210 now.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Creditable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creditable. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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