colorable

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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. 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
Adjective
  • Actually … For all the newfound parity, there’s a plausible scenario where the same three SEC teams that made last year’s CFP (Texas, Georgia and Tennessee) make it again, along with Alabama, which is not exactly an upstart.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The latter is certainly plausible given Morehead’s passion for science and astronomy.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • No credible evidence was presented to support Maduro’s declared victory.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There is a lack of credible research and studies, and only anecdotal evidence (derived from stories people tell).
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Scammers piece these details together to build convincing attacks.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Scammers today can craft convincing emails that look exactly like those from customer support teams – addressed to you personally, written in perfect English, and offering help with everyday tasks.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Andor connected with critics and audiences in part because its revolutionaries make cogent arguments over and over about the insanity of authoritarianism.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, biologists know far more about how DNA turns into biochemistry and adult traits than engineers understand about how the numbers inside an AI yield cogent conversation and useful behavior.
    Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Colorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorable. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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