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Recent Examples of credible This notably involves accelerating the preparation of credible countermeasures, by mobilizing all available instruments, including the anti-coercion mechanism, if no agreement is reached by August 1. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 12 July 2025 If the fear is deemed credible, the person is allowed a hearing before an immigration judge. arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025 After flying three missions into low-Earth orbit this year, Varda Space Industries appears to be making credible progress toward developing the nascent manufacturing-in-space industry. ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025 What most defines Price’s writing is his dialogue—a precise and comic urban argot that lends his work a credible feeling of immersion and translates well from the page to the screen. Kevin Lozano, New Yorker, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for credible
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plausible
Adjective
  • Ringer said the most plausible explanation for Grok’s search for Musk’s guidance is assuming the person is asking for the opinions of xAI or Musk.
    Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • For a multitude of plausible technical reasons, the AI could readily emit a statement or piece of advice that lacks any semblance of common sense and goes entirely out of bounds.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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