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
Jakes confessed to acting as the lookout during the killing, but prosecutors threw out his charges in 2018 after the torture commission found credible evidence of coercion by Boudreau and Detective Michael Kill.
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Turner’s approach, going on record with the most credible outlet available and trusting the truth to do its work, is grounded in the same organizational clarity that serves leaders well long before any crisis arrives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
The opinion team identifies credible candidates through surveys and interviews, deliberate based on our editorial precedent and in light of contemporary realities, and issue endorsements accordingly.
—Teagan Davidge, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Under Elliott’s leadership, the City Attorney’s Office began in 2018 to aggressively use red-flag laws to temporarily seize guns from people who posed a credible threat of violence.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
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Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Turner’s approach, going on record with the most credible outlet available and trusting the truth to do its work, is grounded in the same organizational clarity that serves leaders well long before any crisis arrives.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
The opinion team identifies credible candidates through surveys and interviews, deliberate based on our editorial precedent and in light of contemporary realities, and issue endorsements accordingly.
—Teagan Davidge, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Under Elliott’s leadership, the City Attorney’s Office began in 2018 to aggressively use red-flag laws to temporarily seize guns from people who posed a credible threat of violence.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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Totally possible, totally plausible.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Who is murdered, why and Clare’s entanglement in the whole deal unfold over the remainder of the novel, featuring much tighter and more plausible plotting than your average suspense story.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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