believably

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Recent Examples of believably Like the original Outlander, Blood of My Blood is believably frank about the possibility of assault in the benighted past. Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believably
Adverb
  • This session will explore how companies can credibly integrate forestry carbon credits into their sustainability strategies and contribute to a more systemic, transformative climate approach that benefits both people and the planet.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The President determined there was cause to remove a governor who was credibly accused of lying in financial documents from a highly sensitive position overseeing financial institutions.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The more time went on, the more Mourinho grew visibly frustrated with his role at United.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • If the stain is visibly lighter, repeat the process of soaking the shirt in an oxygen bleach solution and launder it again.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Competitively, the discontinuation probably worked for Kansas, which won no more than three games in any season between 2010 and 2022.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Djokovic, probably the greatest returner ever with probably the greatest backhand ever, took his backhand cut and sailed it long.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • While outwardly similar to the baseline J-20, subtle modifications hint at significant improvements.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Despite that, de Moraes has remained outwardly unfazed.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Those changes will likely start with a new chief soccer officer.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s unusually long running time of 174 minutes would likely have required its images to be pretty heavily compressed to fit them onto a 66GB disc, but 100GB will hopefully give the remaster room to breathe.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • So this book is born from my deep listening at the moment when everything was changing, internally and externally.
    Tembi Locke, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Transparency works both ways—externally and internally.
    Rachel Lyubovitzky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Believably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believably. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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