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Recent Examples of colorable
The kids' meal features a four-pack of crayons, a colorable crown and a meal bag.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Likewise, knots that aren’t three-colorable stay that way.
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Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
If that has a familiar ring, Democrats can thank lawfare for the end of honorable resignation in the face of colorable criminal charges as a political norm.
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The Editors,
National Review,
27 Sep. 2024
The lesson here for litigators is that if a UPEPA special motion is at least colorable and not asserted for purposes of delay, that motion should usually be brought.
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2023
Lunchtime can double as an art session or geography lesson with this colorable world map tablecloth.
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Catherine Garcia,
The Week,
14 Nov. 2022
There are colorable constitutional objections to each of these proposals.
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Ian MacDougall,
Harper’s Magazine ,
28 Sep. 2022
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Likewise, knots that aren’t three-colorable stay that way.
—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
If that has a familiar ring, Democrats can thank lawfare for the end of honorable resignation in the face of colorable criminal charges as a political norm.
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The Editors,
National Review,
27 Sep. 2024
The lesson here for litigators is that if a UPEPA special motion is at least colorable and not asserted for purposes of delay, that motion should usually be brought.
—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2023
Lunchtime can double as an art session or geography lesson with this colorable world map tablecloth.
—
Catherine Garcia,
The Week,
14 Nov. 2022
There are colorable constitutional objections to each of these proposals.
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Ian MacDougall,
Harper’s Magazine ,
28 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorable
Adjective
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Completing their sentences with what sounds plausible is not preservation.
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There are plausible performance reasons why the Norwegian football team shipped around 1,276 pounds or 580 kilograms of food from its country to its temporary headquarters at Greensboro, North Carolina, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Adjective
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The growing pile of credible critics is a direct challenge to that thesis.
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And where keeping a credible open option does demand serious compute, that is precisely the kind of public good worth paying for.
Adjective
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Any platform, from Zoom to Microsoft, can be compatible with scammers utilizing deepfakes, fake profiles or convincing backgrounds such as an FBI seal.
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Instead of abstract phishing examples, show employees how much of their own digital footprint is publicly available and how easily fraudsters can turn it into a convincing fake profile, email or message.
Adjective
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Davis’ ability to reflect and respond with his pithy probing of the disagreeing chord turned chaos into something cogent.
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DeMaio has built his own particularly cogent political organization in San Diego Republican circles, according to previous reporting by CalMatters.
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“Colorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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