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
The International Tennis Federation found that angry gamblers accounted for 40% of social media attacks aimed at players, with several threats credible enough to be submitted to the FBI.
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Lz Granderson, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Here the AfDB could play the role of truth-teller, helping its members distinguish between credible, fit-for-purpose nuclear ambitions and fantasy.
—W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Oversight and accountability will be crucial and will best be served if the United States and its regional and European partners establish a credible and robust coordination and oversight mechanism to uphold the deal’s humanitarian provisions.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Any of Morocco’s front three could have featured here; all credible suggestions for player of the tournament.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
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Lz Granderson, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Here the AfDB could play the role of truth-teller, helping its members distinguish between credible, fit-for-purpose nuclear ambitions and fantasy.
—W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Oversight and accountability will be crucial and will best be served if the United States and its regional and European partners establish a credible and robust coordination and oversight mechanism to uphold the deal’s humanitarian provisions.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Any of Morocco’s front three could have featured here; all credible suggestions for player of the tournament.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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In a lesser movie, he would be played for laughs as a jacked doofus; here, the character is more nuanced—Eivind seems like a sexy, emotionally plausible alternative to Aksel.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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For Beijing, plausible deniability is the essence of grey-zone warfare, effectively projecting capability without confrontation.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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