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Recent Examples of credibly
When reimbursement and strategy reward better health, both mission and margins advance credibly.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Flores accuses Goodell of wrongful acts and maintains the commissioner can’t credibly serve as the arbitrator with such a conflict of interest.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
And given that no other team has been credibly linked to Rodgers, the transaction piqued a lot of people’s curiosity.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 May 2026
In an era of competing narratives that no one can credibly adjudicate, the winning bet may be to sit at the center of all of them.
—Justin Worland, Time, 8 May 2026
The country’s ability to credibly threaten commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz actually hinges on multiple layers of cheap and unconventional warfare systems – drones, mines and a fleet of small attack boats, which are harder to detect than traditional naval assets.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
This one pulls the theater credibly into the harder rock realm — the pre-punk, pre-grunge one.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
France can make such commitments more credibly than comparable countries because nuclear provides so much of its electricity; in Britain or Germany, gas is doing more work.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Inconsistencies may matter to the jury, which will be tasked with weighing which tech leader is most credibly committed to AI safety.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Flores accuses Goodell of wrongful acts and maintains the commissioner can’t credibly serve as the arbitrator with such a conflict of interest.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
And given that no other team has been credibly linked to Rodgers, the transaction piqued a lot of people’s curiosity.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 12 May 2026
In an era of competing narratives that no one can credibly adjudicate, the winning bet may be to sit at the center of all of them.
—Justin Worland, Time, 8 May 2026
The country’s ability to credibly threaten commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz actually hinges on multiple layers of cheap and unconventional warfare systems – drones, mines and a fleet of small attack boats, which are harder to detect than traditional naval assets.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
This one pulls the theater credibly into the harder rock realm — the pre-punk, pre-grunge one.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
France can make such commitments more credibly than comparable countries because nuclear provides so much of its electricity; in Britain or Germany, gas is doing more work.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Inconsistencies may matter to the jury, which will be tasked with weighing which tech leader is most credibly committed to AI safety.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for credibly
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Now come Rayo Vallecano of Spain in the German city of Leipzig tonight (Wednesday) and, barely believably, the possibility of a third piece of significant silverware for Palace in 13 months.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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And yet, despite being afforded a strong-enough platform to deliver a main character worth seeing, Fraser can’t begin to find the gravitas required to believably lead the free world.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
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On Wednesday, the Detroit News detailed how AIPAC was intervening less visibly in the race, with donors moving through its own Democracy Engine portal.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 June 2026
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Big Mama, with its cover image of a visibly pregnant Latto, seems designed to change that.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Sánchez owns the longest scoreless streak in Phillies history — since at least 1893, when the current mound distance was set — and probably even before that.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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This is another issue where rapid technology innovation has probably hurt math instruction.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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Late Friday, however, state officials adopted a new structure for the emissions program, called cap-and-invest, that analysts say will likely reduce wildfire mitigation funding by $200 million per year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Now he’ll be given a couple more days to heal and likely won’t try again until the Red Sox return home from Cleveland and are back at Fenway Park on Tuesday following Monday’s off day.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Adverb
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His bad-boy swagger externally obfuscates his heart of gold, but his goodness and morality are apparent.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The strongest employer brands are experienced internally before they are promoted externally.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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The film is an outwardly edgy indie with a soft-hearted Hollywood sensibility.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Websites such as Crooks and Liars and RedState each cover news and politics, but from an outwardly progressive and conservative bias, respectively.—
Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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One frigid, gray day last winter, Halverson received word from his district network that ICE agents were in Fridley and would possibly come by the high school and middle school.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The ad space could also just show a regular, possibly unrelated, advertisement.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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Connecticut’s Brittney Griner (rib injury) returned from a four-game absence but left the game for good late in the first half after she was apparently poked in the eye.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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The officer then punches her multiple times, apparently in the face and upper body.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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“Credibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credibly. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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