colorable

Example Sentences

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“And I think Florida State knows that as well. I think they threw in anything they could potentially think of as a colorable argument to get them out of the grant-of-rights agreement.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

“Here there is simply no colorable claim of ownership over the broad ideas, public data, and common techniques expressed in the decree,” Melloy wrote.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

"This may not be criminal, but it is a colorable law school exam question for obstruction of justice, worth the analysis," White wrote.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2021

The hounding editor keeps deleting and deleting … taken individually, there is at least a colorable argument for each move.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2021

But in the movings after each eight are dealt, I shall consciously choose and judge, which is pure free will—or an imitation of it sufficiently colorable to satisfy any, but quibblers.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon