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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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The Evo2 model was trained on 9 trillion DNA letters much as other AIs train on internet text, and when given a chunk of a microbe’s genome, was able to create a plausible-looking version of the rest.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Larijani has long been viewed as a plausible successor because of his clerical credentials and deep ties to the country's political establishment.—
Imtiaz Tyab,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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DiZoglio could take a page out of strong-armed Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s playbook and recruit some credible candidates – call them the Audit Brigade – to run against Senate President Karen Spilka and 79-year-old House Speaker Ron Mariano at least.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Collins said the insurance industry supports standards for remediation that are grounded in credible science, and some of those standards are still being developed.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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So to a Pentagon person, is that convincing?—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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Recovering from a 2-0 deficit at home to West Ham to win 3-2 had been a good example in the Premier League too, but securing such a convincing win after going behind inside two minutes at Aston Villa makes this Rosenior’s best Premier League win to date.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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And to make a cogent case to the American public in 2028.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The most cogent case proved to be Salesforce, which happened to rally hard on its earnings.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Colorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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