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
But the controversy raises a broader—and perhaps more uncomfortable—question that examines if in the influencer era, what makes people credible?
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Standing with Mayor Mamdani at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan, Tisch said there are no credible threats to the parade.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
The family is also asking people to avoid spreading misinformation about the case online and instead contact investigators directly with credible tips.
—Monique John, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Codependent superpowers The truce between Beijing and Washington might be more durable this time as both sides now possess more credible economic deterrents against each other.
—Neil Shearing, Time, 20 May 2026
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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Standing with Mayor Mamdani at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan, Tisch said there are no credible threats to the parade.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
The family is also asking people to avoid spreading misinformation about the case online and instead contact investigators directly with credible tips.
—Monique John, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Codependent superpowers The truce between Beijing and Washington might be more durable this time as both sides now possess more credible economic deterrents against each other.
—Neil Shearing, Time, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credible
plausible
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But in the decades since PBHs were first proposed, astronomers found clever ways to narrow down their plausible range of masses, ruling out many scenarios in which these black holes could account for dark matter.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
4 June 2026
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But my conclusions about these impacts rest on plausible inferences from what researchers know more generally about cognitive psychology.—
Christian B. Miller,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credible. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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