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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Scott as David/Buddy plays the part with wild abandon, believable to his core.
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Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
As such, the episode where Rebecca willingly drives to Pennsylvania to meet her online admirer feels more like a convenient excuse to move the plot forward, rather than a believable narrative development.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The writers shoehorn civilian Rose into a top-secret investigation, and some of the villains are either too close to real life to be escapist or too absurd to be believable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Macross, on the other hand, tackled the new real robot craze head-on, not only with its narrative but also with its more believable treatment of its mecha, designed by both Shoji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
As such, the episode where Rebecca willingly drives to Pennsylvania to meet her online admirer feels more like a convenient excuse to move the plot forward, rather than a believable narrative development.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The writers shoehorn civilian Rose into a top-secret investigation, and some of the villains are either too close to real life to be escapist or too absurd to be believable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Macross, on the other hand, tackled the new real robot craze head-on, not only with its narrative but also with its more believable treatment of its mecha, designed by both Shoji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/believable. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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