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
The appointment comes as Cascale seeks to sharpen its relevance and authority at a time when the fashion industry is under mounting pressure to demonstrate credible progress on climate action, labor standards and supply chain transparency.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement officials declined to say whether the letters sent to several media outlets were credible but said all tips were being investigated seriously.
—Ty O'Neil, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
State and federal lawmakers in Colorado on Monday went to Evergreen to call for changes to laws regarding how quickly social media and telecommunications companies have to respond to requests for information regarding credible threats.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
In a hearing before Congress last year, FBI Director Kash Patel said there was no credible information that showed Epstein trafficked girls to others.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Law enforcement officials declined to say whether the letters sent to several media outlets were credible but said all tips were being investigated seriously.
—Ty O'Neil, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
State and federal lawmakers in Colorado on Monday went to Evergreen to call for changes to laws regarding how quickly social media and telecommunications companies have to respond to requests for information regarding credible threats.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
In a hearing before Congress last year, FBI Director Kash Patel said there was no credible information that showed Epstein trafficked girls to others.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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Yet Schlossberg now stands a plausible, perhaps strong, chance of winning the Democratic primary (and thus the general election).—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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This is a plausible assertion, given that, by the time Tennyson entered adulthood, the British intellectual class—and, for that matter, much of the rest of the world—had been turned on its head by scientific breakthroughs, above all in geology and astronomy.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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