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Recent Examples of believable Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025 Nussbaum found the joke took a while to land because much of the student body accepted the statement as fully believable. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 The era of shaky sets, rubbery costumes, and crude models has now largely made way for photorealistic computer renderings, digital studio environments, and realtime CGI prosthetics, and science fiction productions now feel incredibly immersive, well resolved, and believable. Nick Foster august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025 The narrative subtly emerges from witty smart and believable human interactions, directed with youthful energy and supported by vivid cinematography. Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for believable
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Adjective
  • With Israel striking Doha — the city the US and Israel chose to host negotiations with Hamas — the theory seems more plausible than ever.
    Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Way thinks that a more plausible suspect in Venus’ demise is a form of ruinous volcanism.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet the effect on credible persuasion of other Americans is statistically limited.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • During a federal hearing in New York, a witness told the judge more than four dozen women who prosecutors consider credible have come forward with allegations about the brothers.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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