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Recent Examples of colorable
There are colorable political arguments against President Trump’s deployment of military forces in response to the rioting, arson, and potentially lethal attacks on law enforcement agents in California.
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Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 June 2025
If that has a familiar ring, Democrats can thank lawfare for the end of honorable resignation in the face of colorable criminal charges as a political norm.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 Sep. 2024
Unlike sentencing review processes, which are not designed to prompt a full investigative review, conviction review can lead to a full re-examination of cases for which a colorable claim is advanced, and defendants need not wait 20 years before applying.
—Jennifer Rodgers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
Given how strongly the NCAA tries to hold on to even the slightest word of dicta to try to claim antitrust immunity, the last thing Congress needs to do to college athletes right now is pass a statute that gives the NCAA’s lawyers another somewhat colorable claim of immunity.
—Marc Edelman, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
The lesson here for litigators is that if a UPEPA special motion is at least colorable and not asserted for purposes of delay, that motion should usually be brought.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
Lunchtime can double as an art session or geography lesson with this colorable world map tablecloth.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 14 Nov. 2022
There are colorable constitutional objections to each of these proposals.
—Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
Gromacki is particularly a fan of the colorable mats — just the thing to entertain guests at the kids’ table.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2021
Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 June 2025
If that has a familiar ring, Democrats can thank lawfare for the end of honorable resignation in the face of colorable criminal charges as a political norm.
—The Editors, National Review, 27 Sep. 2024
Unlike sentencing review processes, which are not designed to prompt a full investigative review, conviction review can lead to a full re-examination of cases for which a colorable claim is advanced, and defendants need not wait 20 years before applying.
—Jennifer Rodgers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
Given how strongly the NCAA tries to hold on to even the slightest word of dicta to try to claim antitrust immunity, the last thing Congress needs to do to college athletes right now is pass a statute that gives the NCAA’s lawyers another somewhat colorable claim of immunity.
—Marc Edelman, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
The lesson here for litigators is that if a UPEPA special motion is at least colorable and not asserted for purposes of delay, that motion should usually be brought.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
Lunchtime can double as an art session or geography lesson with this colorable world map tablecloth.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 14 Nov. 2022
There are colorable constitutional objections to each of these proposals.
—Ian MacDougall, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
Gromacki is particularly a fan of the colorable mats — just the thing to entertain guests at the kids’ table.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorable
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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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
Adjective
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Anything short of a convincing win would be a massive loss for the club.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Auckland City is the reigning champion of the New Zealand National League and met the qualifying criteria in the most convincing fashion.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Still, co-writers Zack Weiner and Daniel Robbins (Robbins directed) don’t provide a plausible enough reason for the group to so haplessly hide the corpse, making the death feel like more of a slapdash device than a cogent story twist.—
Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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If, like for me, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fairy tale about a girl who stumbles into Wonderland is a core memory, all those beloved characters are there, with a splendidly cogent (and at times delightfully grotesque) libretto.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Colorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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