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
Thus, she asserted, the Georgia senator does not have any applicable "colorable federal defense."
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 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
The hounding editor keeps deleting and deleting … taken individually, there is at least a colorable argument for each move.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2021
He will always find colorable pretexts for breaking his word; and if he learns well how to feign, he will have but little difficulty in deceiving people.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
