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
There was also the opportunity to have musical fighting sequences and K-pop concerts, where the performances have to be believable enough to attract such a large fanbase.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
Led by production designer Anthony Gasparro, set decorator Amy Silver, and location manager Joseph Mullaney, the A24 film’s creative team was deliberate about one thing: making each apartment not only cinematic but believable.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
The resentments shared by some of Tom’s former acquaintances are believable enough but never cut very far below the surface.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
For instance, comedian Bill Cosby was once considered a bankable, believable spokesman.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
Led by production designer Anthony Gasparro, set decorator Amy Silver, and location manager Joseph Mullaney, the A24 film’s creative team was deliberate about one thing: making each apartment not only cinematic but believable.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
The resentments shared by some of Tom’s former acquaintances are believable enough but never cut very far below the surface.
—Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
For instance, comedian Bill Cosby was once considered a bankable, believable spokesman.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for believable
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That seems like a plausible outcome, but unpredictability is one of Trump’s hallmarks.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
29 June 2025
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Some of his claims, while plausible, would require independent verification.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
25 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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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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