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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Both women have red hair, which made the idea of Swift being in the stadium more believable.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
The Club World Cup final will see two teams share a scarcely believable $70m prize pot: $40m to the winners, $30m to the losers.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Misleading real or generated images can make false claims seem more believable and even cause people to misremember real events.
—Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The world created was a believable world.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
The Club World Cup final will see two teams share a scarcely believable $70m prize pot: $40m to the winners, $30m to the losers.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Misleading real or generated images can make false claims seem more believable and even cause people to misremember real events.
—Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
The world created was a believable world.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for believable
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/believable. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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