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  • Just before the start of this service, I was informed that, despite a credible eyewitness account, the police department has no intentions of arresting the officer who murdered this young man.  (source)
    credible = appearing believable
  • I wrote to Joe that we would look deeper into his case and that we were convinced that he had a credible claim of innocence.  (source)
  • It seemed hardly credible that I couldn't follow these moments back to a world where she wasn't dead.  (source)
    credible = believable
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  • They're all less credible than Amy.  (source)
    credible = believable
  • Sula stretched my attempts to manipulate language, to work credibly and, perhaps, elegantly with a discredited vocabulary.†  (source)
  • Despite the occasional slurring, he sounded almost credible.  (source)
  • My uncle enjoyed during his lifetime all the glory he deserved; and he was even offered a large sum of money, by Mr. Barnum, to exhibit himself in the United States; while I am credibly informed by a traveler that he is to be seen in waxwork at Madame Tussaud's!†  (source)
  • He was thoroughly credible and believable.  (source)
    credible = convincing or believable
  • I've a good imagination, so I'm sure I could have done it quite creditably, and credibly.†  (source)
  • My obsession with hip-hop kept me credible with the kids in my neighborhood.†  (source)
  • It was credibly ascertained that Squire Sinclare, as his name was commonly contracted in the neighborhood, had counted out fifty dollars, and given them to Miss Ophelia, and told her to buy any clothes she thought best; and that two new silk dresses, and a bonnet, had been sent for from Boston.†  (source)
  • Given the treacherous nature of the local topography (most of the cliffs that riddle the region are composed of Navajo sandstone, a crumbly stratum that erodes into smooth, bulging precipices) and Ruess's penchant for dangerous climbing, this is a credible scenario.†  (source)
  • But Gustavsson had decided that a matter of this importance could not credibly be restricted to SIS.†  (source)
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