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as in meritorious
deserving of high regard or great approval
a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely
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as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural
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Recent Examples of creditable
The net effect is a creditable, hard-to-rattle advance, with arguably incomplete pullbacks draining some froth but failing to go deep or long enough to more fully reset the tape.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2025
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
Those who go more than 63 days without creditable prescription drug coverage pay a penalty for the life of Part D coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The director also sticks some creditable influences on his mood board, William Friedkin’s Sorcerer being the most obvious of them.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2025
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
Those who go more than 63 days without creditable prescription drug coverage pay a penalty for the life of Part D coverage.
—Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The director also sticks some creditable influences on his mood board, William Friedkin’s Sorcerer being the most obvious of them.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creditable
Adjective
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Hegseth's military awards include two Bronze Star Medals for meritorious service, according to the Pentagon.—
June 1,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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In those situations, eligibility rules are viewed as non-meritorious and undermining a competitive market for teams to buy players’ services.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Both theories are plausible, Cooper agreed.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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There are more than 78,000 plausible configurations the electrons might be in; the ground state is a superposition, or a sort of weighted combination, of all these configurations.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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The Glow Getter Multi-Oil Hydrating Body Wash From the same line as the body cream Bieber and Moore use, the Glow Getter Multi-Oil Hydrating Body Wash is worthy of a spot in your beauty routine.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
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Amanita and Sotheby’s both seem to present fossils less as scientific artifacts than as aesthetic objects worthy of gallery walls and collector interest.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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The emphasis in Panama, however, centered less on exact dates than on forcing a credible electoral calendar into the public debate.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Before Chula Vista grants land on generous terms, the public should see a credible financial model.—
Christos Korgan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Seb Stafford-Bloor’s excellent Transfer Tiers series is moving on to central defenders today.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The right-shot defenseman has had an excellent tournament for Finland, who advanced to the semifinals with a win over Czechia.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch) are probable.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
27 May 2026
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Clark is listed as probable for the Fever’s home game against the Golden State Valkyries.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Djed Spence has done an admirable job covering Udogie but will be able to focus on challenging Pedro Porro to be first-choice right-back.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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And newsletters do an admirable job servicing communities, which here at Forbes can mean age (Under 30), race (ForbesBLK) or gender (ForbesWomen), as well as job title.—
Randall Lane,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Intentionally violating the CC&Rs assessment allocation, even for a commendable reason, could place the board outside the business judgment rule as well as outside the coverage of the HOA’s directors and officers liability insurance.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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Jiuzhang may not be a versatile quantum computing system, but its rapid advancements, such as an order-of-magnitude increase in scale over previous iterations, are commendable.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Creditable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creditable. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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