as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
it's at least a credible explanation
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Recent Examples of credible
Log in Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
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Sam Mednick, Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2025
The practice of robbing Linear Pete to pay Stock-Watching Paul has only exacerbated pay-TV’s wholly credible shrinking act, and now the traditional media giants seem to have given up on any sort of last-ditch reclamation effort.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
Advertisement Dawn of the Dead (1978) There's a credible case to be made that Romero's 1973 movie The Crazies, about a biological weapon that causes residents of a small town to go feral, qualifies as a zombie movie.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
This reality stems from a confluence of erroneous strategic assumptions, associated fiscal constraints, bureaucratic inertia, and risk taken based on a low probability of credible threat to justify the cost of protection.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Sam Mednick, Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2025
The practice of robbing Linear Pete to pay Stock-Watching Paul has only exacerbated pay-TV’s wholly credible shrinking act, and now the traditional media giants seem to have given up on any sort of last-ditch reclamation effort.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
Advertisement Dawn of the Dead (1978) There's a credible case to be made that Romero's 1973 movie The Crazies, about a biological weapon that causes residents of a small town to go feral, qualifies as a zombie movie.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
This reality stems from a confluence of erroneous strategic assumptions, associated fiscal constraints, bureaucratic inertia, and risk taken based on a low probability of credible threat to justify the cost of protection.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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Gordon found that line of reasoning plausible, stating that Hamby’s trade experience is comparable to an employee being transferred to an inferior job.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 June 2025
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This year, conspiracy theories that once might have seemed outlandish resonate as entirely plausible, especially when dramatized by the formidable casts charged with bringing these stories to life.—
Hugh Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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