believability
Example Sentences
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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
The believability of something that never existed before, but you have a familiarity like it did exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Of course, this is complicated by the reality that inexpensive vegetable oils are frequently included in foods that are fried, ultraprocessed or otherwise unhealthy, which lends the anti-seed oil narrative some believability.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
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
