creditable
adjective
cred·it·able
ˈkre-di-tə-bəl 
1
: worthy of belief
a creditable report
2
: sufficiently good to bring esteem or praise
a creditable performance
3
: worthy of commercial credit
4
: capable of being assigned
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a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely
let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural
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James Horncastle,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Pittsburgh and Midvale employed the first metallurgical chemists; William Sellers did the first creditable work with tool steel; the first chemical-dye factory opened.
—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
14 Feb. 2026
And Romesh Ranganathan makes a creditable West End debut as the doctor who lives next door.
—
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
16 Jan. 2026
The Raider does give you a creditable six-speaker system for audio output, comprising two woofers and four tweeters.
—
Mark Coppock,
PC Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Creditable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creditable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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