believability

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Recent Examples of believability This truth about believability will not always be revealed through scandal or explicit mistrust. — Jon Michail, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Leaning into ecology serves world-building, while trending toward biomechanics aids immediate believability. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 The lesson is that without internal logic, any story will lose its believability and, with it, its appeal. — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026 Yes, the glossy aesthetic occasionally dulls the impact of the director’s more tactile sensibilities, and a few script contrivances stretch believability. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026 There was Elba’s endless charisma and believability, as well as the continuous rush of tension and surprise, which kept the entire seven-episode arc afloat. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026 This one’s a little treasure that speaks with compassion and believability about the changing nature of relationships. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 With the help of a couple of managers (Fisher Stevens and Jim Belushi) and Mike’s old guitarist friend (Michael Imperioli), Lightning & Thunder becomes a local hit that keeps getting bigger (almost too quickly for believability). — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025 The Georges Bizet score accentuated the dramatic physicality, which included a female floor brawl, a knife attack, a poignant death scene, and a passionate kiss on the lips – all performed with breathtaking believability. — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believability
Noun
  • The vote is being closely watched by investors across the globe, with questions swirling around whether the incoming administration can deliver fiscal credibility.
    — Chloe Taylor,Thomas Da Graca Barlow, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • What voters will decide instead is how Brazil manages its credibility deficit and whether the country can start the long process of closing it.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Coworkers spin up absurd theories about each other, and this setting—the office as the most fertile breeding ground for speculation—allows Park’s absurdities to bend plausibility without breaking it.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The most common mode of analysis evaluates the fundamental plausibility of an image or a video.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • There is an emphatic truthfulness to the story and the performances that anchor it, which is both refreshing and innovative.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In her letter to the Board of Examiners, she was not required to swear to the veracity of her statement.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In a postscript we are told that a listener challenged the storyteller to supply the moral of the tale and expressed doubts about its veracity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Believability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believability. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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