believability
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The notion that he’d ad-lib a mention of Harp, or include one in his prepared remarks without thinking through the possible ramifications, strains believability.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
These stories work because, as excessive as they are, they’re tinged with believability.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
His touchstone for a fantastical creature that successfully achieved believability was the Hippogriff, a winged four-legged creature seen in 2004’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers probably were trying to cut into the believability of those witnesses, but they fished so meekly for a damaging response that it sometimes looked like they were letting the witnesses off the hook.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2023
“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn’t love hard to believe?”
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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