as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline
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Recent Examples of believable
As the interloper, Dynevor is just creepy enough to be believable and fortunately her ideological character doesn’t cross over into the stuff of a Hand That Rocks The Cradle or Single White Female.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
To make the story fully work, the music needed to be pretty believable.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
To make their camouflage even more believable, the spiders build a white silk patch on a leaf and place insect remains on it, Omelko said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
What works about the movies — the believable kid behaviors, Skarsgård’s performance, and a steady stream of scares — isn’t what’s driving the show.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for believable
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
To make the story fully work, the music needed to be pretty believable.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
To make their camouflage even more believable, the spiders build a white silk patch on a leaf and place insect remains on it, Omelko said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
What works about the movies — the believable kid behaviors, Skarsgård’s performance, and a steady stream of scares — isn’t what’s driving the show.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for believable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believable
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As research advances and deployments grow through 2026 and beyond, dynamic on-the-move EV charging is becoming an increasingly plausible part of the future transport landscape—advancing one corridor, one region, and one innovation at a time.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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One very plausible explanation would have been Bieber and the Blue Jays having some sort of extension on the table or even in the early stages of discussion.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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There is no credible data, experts say, showing the fever-reducer isn’t safe when it’s used correctly.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Exit readiness refers to being strategically prepared for a sale or public offering, highlighting strong performance, credible growth potential, and operational improvements to attract buyers.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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