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Recent Examples of credible Oregon’s offer has not been reported by any credible media. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 Late last week, Rochester police concluded that the third’s claims were credible. Matthew Stolle, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025 To succeed, the petition must meet a high legal bar: the evidence must be new, credible, admissible, and could not be discovered at the time of the trial. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 13 May 2025 Judges said both women gave consistent, credible accounts of being groped by the actor, with witness testimony supporting their claims. Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for credible
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plausible
Adjective
  • But what happened on the first floor of the McCormick Place West Convention Center in downtown Chicago was hardly plausible.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Preventing plausible deniability and facilitating innovation.
    Sanjeev Menon, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

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