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
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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Given the uncertainty drifting toward that moment, Talarico is just as plausible as anyone—blessed by a podcaster who helped Trump win the White House and the manosphere last year.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 July 2025
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These exotic radio signals were first captured between 2016 and 2018 by NASA’s Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) instrument, and since then, researchers have been hypothesizing plausible explanations.—
Jay Kakade
July 20,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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