believable
adjective
be·liev·able
bə-ˈlē-və-bəl 
: capable of being believed especially as within the range of known possibility or probability
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she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline
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Instead, characters speak in long expository stretches, explaining for viewers’ benefit how Rose stole all that cash — while failing to make any of it remotely believable.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Chown’s book is primarily a chronicle of the researchers who helped make black holes believable, not just for the Einsteins but for everyone else.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
For gaming reference, Okubo also designed the very believable and industrial-looking vertical tanks in the equally groundbreaking Xbox game Steel Battalion, released in 2002 along with its entirely massive bespoke controller.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Upon their return to Berlin, the couple hail a taxi and the driver turns out to be Nila’s uncle — a coincidence that falls just short of believable.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Chown’s book is primarily a chronicle of the researchers who helped make black holes believable, not just for the Einsteins but for everyone else.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
For gaming reference, Okubo also designed the very believable and industrial-looking vertical tanks in the equally groundbreaking Xbox game Steel Battalion, released in 2002 along with its entirely massive bespoke controller.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Upon their return to Berlin, the couple hail a taxi and the driver turns out to be Nila’s uncle — a coincidence that falls just short of believable.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/believable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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